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Lars Søndergaard is affiliated with Abbott in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Surgery.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subjects related to cardiac health, with main topics of research including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Their publication record includes a number of recent papers notable for the clinical management of heart conditions, specifically:

  • 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease, 2021, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Eight-year outcomes for patients with aortic valve stenosis at low surgical risk randomized to transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve replacement, 2021, European Heart Journal

Frequent coauthors in their research include Ole De Backer, Azeem Latib, John G. Webb, Marco Barbanti, and Luis Nombela-Franco.

Søndergaard's publications appear most frequently in several key cardiovascular and interventional journals, including:

  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • EuroIntervention
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a work with the World Bank policy research working paper series titled "Analysis of Teacher Stock versus Flow in Primary Education in East Asia and the Pacific Middle-Income Countries: A Simple Model and Results from Simulation between 2020 and 2030" published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

    M. J. Reardon;N. M. Van Mieghem;J. J. Popma;N. S. Kleiman

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease.

    Helmut Baumgartner;Julie De Backer;Sonya V Babu-Narayan;Werner Budts

  • Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke

    Lars Søndergaard;Scott E. Kasner;John F. Rhodes;Grethe Andersen

  • Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis: 1-Year Results From the All-Comers NOTION Randomized Clinical Trial

    Hans Gustav Hørsted Thyregod;Daniel Andreas Steinbrüchel;Nikolaj Ihlemann;Henrik Nissen

  • Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves

    Raj R Makkar;Gregory Fontana;Lars Søndergaard

  • Subclinical leaflet thrombosis in surgical and transcatheter bioprosthetic aortic valves: an observational study

    Tarun Chakravarty;Lars Søndergaard;John Friedman;Ole De Backer

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease

    Helmut Baumgartner;Julie De Backer;Sonya V. Babu-Narayan;Werner Budts

  • Standardized definitions of structural deterioration and valve failure in assessing long-term durability of transcatheter and surgical aortic bioprosthetic valves: a consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

    Davide Capodanno;Anna S. Petronio;Bernard D. Prendergast;Helene Eltchaninoff

  • Stem Cell Mobilization Induced by Subcutaneous Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor to Improve Cardiac Regeneration After Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Result of the Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Stem Cells in Myocardial Infarction (STEMMI) Trial

    Rasmus Sejersten Ripa;Erik Jørgensen;Yongzhong Wang;Jens Jakob Thune

  • 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease.

    Alec Vahanian;Friedhelm Beyersdorf;Fabien Praz;Milan Milojevic

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

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

  • Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis

    Sung Han Yoon;Sabine Bleiziffer;Ole De Backer;Victoria Delgado

  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of severe aortic stenosis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.

    George C.M. Siontis;Fabien Praz;Thomas Pilgrim;Dimitris Mavridis

  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: an updated meta-analysis

    George C M Siontis;Pavel Overtchouk;Thomas J Cahill;Thomas Modine

  • European position paper on the management of patients with patent foramen ovale. General approach and left circulation thromboembolism.

    Christian Pristipino;Horst Sievert;Horst Sievert;Fabrizio D'Ascenzo;Jean Louis Mas

  • Antiremodeling effects on the left ventricle during beta-blockade with Metoprolol in the treatment of chronic Heart Failure

    Bjoern A Groenning;Jens C Nilsson;Lars Sondergaard;Thomas Fritz-Hansen

  • TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE DISEASE

    Darren Mylotte;Thierry Lefevre;Lars Søndergaard;Yusuke Watanabe

  • Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Subsequent Infective Endocarditis and In-Hospital Death

    Ander Regueiro;Axel Linke;Azeem Latib;Nikolaj Ihlemann

  • Five-Year Clinical and Echocardiographic Outcomes from the Nordic Aortic Valve Intervention (NOTION) Randomized Clinical Trial in Lower Surgical Risk Patients

    Hans Gustav Hørsted Thyregod;Nikolaj Ihlemann;Troels Højsgaard Jørgensen;Henrik Nissen

  • Management of Conduction Disturbances Associated With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: JACC Scientific Expert Panel.

    Josep Rodés-Cabau;Kenneth A. Ellenbogen;Andrew D. Krahn;Azeem Latib

Frequent Co-Authors

Azeem Latib
Azeem Latib Montefiore Medical Center
Marco Barbanti
Marco Barbanti Kore University of Enna
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
John G. Webb
John G. Webb University of British Columbia
Josep Rodés-Cabau
Josep Rodés-Cabau Université Laval
Corrado Tamburino
Corrado Tamburino University of Catania
David Hildick-Smith
David Hildick-Smith University of Sussex
Raj Makkar
Raj Makkar Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Antonio Colombo
Antonio Colombo Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS
Ran Kornowski
Ran Kornowski Tel Aviv University

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