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Otto A. Smiseth is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of medicine, with a specialized focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including cardiac imaging, cardiovascular function, surgery, neurology, and pulmonary medicine.

The scientist's main areas of study are:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Studies
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Otto A. Smiseth has published frequently in several leading cardiovascular and imaging journals, including:

  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging (46 publications)
  • JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging (7 publications)
  • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (7 publications)
  • Circulation (6 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (5 publications)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Otto A. Smiseth include:

  • "Multimodality imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging," 2021, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • "How to measure left ventricular myocardial work by pressure-strain loops," 2020, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • "Myocardial Strain Imaging," 2024, JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging

Additional relevant papers in their recent oeuvre include:

  • "Determinants of left atrial reservoir and pump strain and use of atrial strain for evaluation of left ventricular filling pressure," 2020, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • "Imaging predictors of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: left ventricular work asymmetry by echocardiography and septal viability by cardiac magnetic resonance," 2020, European Heart Journal

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jens-Uwe Voigt
  • John M. Aalen
  • Jürgen Duchenne
  • C K Larsen
  • Elena Galli

Otto A. Smiseth also has contributions to academic book publishing. One such work is Managing a Hospital, published in 2022 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography

    Sherif F. Nagueh;Christopher P. Appleton;Thierry C. Gillebert;Paolo N. Marino

  • Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

    Sherif F. Nagueh;Otto A. Smiseth;Christopher P. Appleton;Benjamin F. Rd Byrd

  • Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography

    Sherif F. Nagueh;Christopher P Appleton;Thierry C. Gillebert;Paolo N. Marino

  • European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice.

    Guy De Backer;Ettore Ambrosioni;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Carlos Brotons

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Karl Swedberg;John Cleland;Henry Dargie;Helmut Drexler

  • Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese society of echocardiography

    Victor Mor-Avi;Roberto M. Lang;Luigi P. Badano;Marek Belohlavek

  • How to diagnose diastolic heart failure: a consensus statement on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction by the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of Cardiology

    Walter J. Paulus;Carsten Tschöpe;John E. Sanderson;Cesare Rusconi

  • Noninvasive myocardial strain measurement by speckle tracking echocardiography: validation against sonomicrometry and tagged magnetic resonance imaging.

    Brage H. Amundsen;Thomas Helle-Valle;Thor Edvardsen;Hans Torp

  • Executive summary of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure: the Task Force on Acute Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Markku S. Nieminen;Silvia G. Priori;Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia;Andrzej Budaj

  • Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The Task Force on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Nazzareno Galiè;Adam Torbicki;Robyn Barst;Philippe Dartevelle

  • Myocardial Strain by Doppler Echocardiography Validation of a New Method to Quantify Regional Myocardial Function

    Stig Urheim;Thor Edvardsen;Hans Torp;Bjørn Angelsen

  • ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Supraventricular Arrhythmias - Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Supraventricular Arrhythmias)

    Carina Blomström-Lundqvist;Melvin M. Scheinman;Etienne M. Aliot;Joseph S. Alpert

  • New Noninvasive Method for Assessment of Left Ventricular Rotation Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

    Thomas Helle-Valle;Jonas Crosby;Thor Edvardsen;Erik Lyseggen

  • Guidelines on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis executive summary; the task force on infective endocarditis of the European society of cardiology.

    Dieter Horstkotte;Ferenc Follath;Erno Gutschik;Maria Lengyel

  • Myocardial strain imaging: how useful is it in clinical decision making?

    Otto A. Smiseth;Hans Torp;Anders Opdahl;Kristina H. Haugaa

  • Quantitative assessment of intrinsic regional myocardial deformation by Doppler strain rate echocardiography in humans. Validation against three-dimensional tagged magnetic resonance imaging

    Thor Edvardsen;Bernhard L. Gerber;Jérôme Garot;David Alan Bluemke

  • Management of grown up congenital heart disease.

    John Deanfield;Erik Thaulow;Carol Warnes;Gary Webb

  • A novel clinical method for quantification of regional left ventricular pressure–strain loop area: a non-invasive index of myocardial work

    Kristoffer Russell;Morten Eriksen;Lars Aaberge;Nils Wilhelmsen

  • Expert Consensus Document on the Use of Antiplatelet Agents The Task Force on the Use of Antiplatelet Agents in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease of the European Society of Cardiology

    C Patrono;F Bachmann;C Baigent;C Bode

  • Geometry as a Confounder When Assessing Ventricular Systolic Function: Comparison Between Ejection Fraction and Strain

    Thomas M. Stokke;Nina E. Hasselberg;Marit K. Smedsrud;Sebastian I. Sarvari

Frequent Co-Authors

Thor Edvardsen
Thor Edvardsen Oslo University Hospital
Kristina H. Haugaa
Kristina H. Haugaa University of Oslo
Sherif F. Nagueh
Sherif F. Nagueh Houston Methodist
Allan L. Klein
Allan L. Klein Cleveland Clinic
Patrick Segers
Patrick Segers Ghent University
Silvia G. Priori
Silvia G. Priori University of Pavia
Martin R. Cowie
Martin R. Cowie King's College London
Lars Gullestad
Lars Gullestad Oslo University Hospital
Bertil Lindahl
Bertil Lindahl Uppsala University
Jaap W. Deckers
Jaap W. Deckers Erasmus University Rotterdam

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