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Lars Gullestad is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable contributions in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases

Lars Gullestad has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several notable publication venues, such as:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Clinical Transplantation

Recent papers include:

  • "Randomized Trial of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibition in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Effect of empagliflozin on exercise ability and symptoms in heart failure patients with reduced and preserved ejection fraction, with and without type 2 diabetes," 2020, European Heart Journal
  • "Targeting the Inflammasome in Cardiovascular Disease," 2021, JACC Basic to Translational Science
  • "Etiology-Dependent Impairment of Diastolic Cardiomyocyte Calcium Homeostasis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Arrhythmia in Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled Trial," 2021, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Gullestad collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Kaspar Broch
  • Einar Gude
  • Thor Ueland
  • Katrine Rolid
  • Arne K. Andreassen

Best Publications

  • Effect of metoprolol CR/XL in chronic heart failure: Metoprolol CR/XL Randomised Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF)

    A. Hjalmarson;S. Goldstein;B. Fagerberg;H. Wedel

  • Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure

    John Kjekshus;Eduard Apetrei;Vivencio Barrios;Michael Böhm

  • Effects of Controlled-Release Metoprolol on Total Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Well-being in Patients With Heart Failure: The Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF)

    A. Hjalmarson;S. Goldstein;B. Fagerberg;H. Wedel

  • EURObservational Research Programme: regional differences and 1-year follow-up results of the Heart Failure Pilot Survey (ESC-HF Pilot).

    Aldo P. Maggioni;Ulf Dahlstrom;Gerasimos Filippatos;Ovidiu Chioncel

  • Enhanced Levels of Soluble and Membrane-Bound CD40 Ligand in Patients With Unstable Angina Possible Reflection of T Lymphocyte and Platelet Involvement in the Pathogenesis of Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Pål Aukrust;Fredrik Müller;Thor Ueland;Trude Berget

  • Increased expression of visfatin in macrophages of human unstable carotid and coronary atherosclerosis: possible role in inflammation and plaque destabilization.

    Tuva B. Dahl;Arne Yndestad;Mona Skjelland;Erik Øie

  • Cytokine network in congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Pål Aukrust;Thor Ueland;Egil Lien;Klaus Bendtzen

  • EURObservational Research Programme:The heart Failure Pilot Survey (ESC-HF Pilot)

    Aldo P. Maggioni;Ulf Dahlstrom;Gerasimos Filippatos;Ovidiu Chioncel

  • Elevated Circulating Levels of C-C Chemokines in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

    Pål Aukrust;Thor Ueland;Fredrik Müller;Arne K. Andreassen

  • Immunomodulating Therapy With Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

    Lars Gullestad;Halfdan Aass;Jan G. Fjeld;Lisbeth Wikeby

  • Invasive versus conservative strategy in patients aged 80 years or older with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris (After Eighty study): an open-label randomised controlled trial

    Nicolai Tegn;Nicolai Tegn;Michael Abdelnoor;Lars Aaberge;Knut Endresen

  • Microbiota-dependent metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide is associated with disease severity and survival of patients with chronic heart failure.

    M. Trøseid;T. Ueland;T. Ueland;J. R. Hov;A. Svardal

  • A Controlled Trial of Rivaroxaban after Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement

    George D. Dangas;Jan G.P. Tijssen;Jochen Wöhrle;Lars Søndergaard

  • Inflammatory cytokines in heart failure: mediators and markers.

    Lars Gullestad;Thor Ueland;Leif Erik Vinge;Alexandra Finsen

  • Effect of a single dose of the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab on inflammation and troponin T release in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial.

    Ola Kleveland;Gabor Kunszt;Gabor Kunszt;Marte Bratlie;Marte Bratlie;Thor Ueland

  • Systemic inflammation in heart failure--the whys and wherefores.

    Arne Yndestad;Jan Kristian Damås;Erik Oie;Thor Ueland

  • Clinical, Hemodynamic, and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Determinants of Survival in Patients Referred for Evaluation of Heart Failure

    Jonathan Myers;Lars Gullestad;Randall Vagelos;Dat Do

  • Increased systemic and myocardial expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in clinical and experimental heart failure

    Arne Yndestad;Linn Landrø;Thor Ueland;Christen P. Dahl

  • Effects of Controlled-Release Metoprolol on Total Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Well-being in Patients with Heart Failure: The Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF)

    Ake Hjalmarson;Sidney Goldstein Björn Fagerberg;Hans Wredel;Finn Waagstein

  • Effect of high- versus low-dose angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on cytokine levels in chronic heart failure

    Lars Gullestad;Pål Aukrust;Thor Ueland;Terje Espevik

Frequent Co-Authors

Pål Aukrust
Pål Aukrust Oslo University Hospital
Thor Ueland
Thor Ueland University of Oslo
Arne Yndestad
Arne Yndestad Oslo University Hospital
John Kjekshus
John Kjekshus University of Oslo
Stig S. Frøland
Stig S. Frøland University of Oslo
Bente Halvorsen
Bente Halvorsen University of Oslo
John J.V. McMurray
John J.V. McMurray University of Glasgow
Thor Edvardsen
Thor Edvardsen Oslo University Hospital
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
Rolf K. Berge
Rolf K. Berge University of Bergen

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