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Thor Edvardsen is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway. Their work spans broadly within the field of Medicine, with a specialized focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, supported by extensive contributions to Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Edvardsen's research topics prominently include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

The scientist has published numerous papers, often appearing in widely recognized journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation (2020) in European Heart Journal
  • 2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) (2022) in European Heart Journal
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation (2021) in Russian Journal of Cardiology
  • Global evaluation of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19 (2020) in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • 2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) (2022) in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Edvardsen frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Kristina H. Haugaa
  • Bernard Cosyns
  • Bogdan A. Popescu
  • Victoria Delgado
  • Leyla Elif Sade

The venues in which Edvardsen has published extensively reflect their research focus and influence, including:

  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • European Heart Journal
  • EP Europace
  • International Journal of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Best Publications

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes.

    Juhani Knuuti;William Wijns;Antti Saraste;Davide Capodanno

  • 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

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

    Jean-Philippe Collet;Holger Thiele;Emanuele Barbato;Olivier Barthélémy

  • Expert Consensus for Multimodality Imaging Evaluation of Adult Patients during and after Cancer Therapy: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

    Juan Carlos Plana;Maurizio Galderisi;Ana Barac;Michael S. Ewer

  • 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

  • Recommendations on the Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Stenosis: A Focused Update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography

    Helmut Baumgartner;Judy Hung;Javier Bermejo;John B. Chambers

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

    Stig Urheim;Thor Edvardsen;Hans Torp;Bjørn Angelsen

  • Recommendations for the echocardiographic assessment of native valvular regurgitation: an executive summary from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

    Patrizio Lancellotti;Christophe Tribouilloy;Andreas Hagendorff;Bogdan A. Popescu

  • Standardization of left atrial, right ventricular, and right atrial deformation imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: a consensus document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging.

    Luigi P. Badano;Theodore J. Kolias;Denisa Muraru;Theodore P. Abraham

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

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

  • 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

  • Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

    Maurizio Galderisi;Bernard Cosyns;Thor Edvardsen;Nuno Cardim

  • 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

  • The Clinical Use of Stress Echocardiography in Non-Ischaemic Heart Disease: Recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography.

    Patrizio Lancellotti;Patricia A. Pellikka;Werner Budts;Farooq A. Chaudhry

  • Clinical presentation, aetiology and outcome of infective endocarditis. Results of the ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO (European infective endocarditis) registry: a prospective cohort study

    G Habib;P A Erba;P A Erba;B Iung;E Donal

  • Expert consensus for multi-modality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular complications of radiotherapy in adults: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography.

    Patrizio Lancellotti;Vuyisile T. Nkomo;Luigi P. Badano;Jutta Bergler

  • Recommendations for the imaging assessment of prosthetic heart valves: A report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging endorsed by the Chinese Society of Echocardiography, the Inter-American Society of Echocardiography, and the Brazilian Department of Cardiovascular Imaging

    Patrizio Lancellotti;Philippe Pibarot;John Chambers;Thor Ă Edvardsen

  • The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care: Recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association

    Patrizio Lancellotti;Susanna Price;Thor Edvardsen;Bernard Cosyns

  • 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

  • Global evaluation of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19.

    Marc R. Dweck;Anda Bularga;Rebecca T Hahn;Rong Bing

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristina H. Haugaa
Kristina H. Haugaa University of Oslo
Otto A. Smiseth
Otto A. Smiseth Oslo University Hospital
Patrizio Lancellotti
Patrizio Lancellotti University of Liège
Bogdan A. Popescu
Bogdan A. Popescu Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Gilbert Habib
Gilbert Habib Aix-Marseille University
Maurizio Galderisi
Maurizio Galderisi University of Naples Federico II
Bernard Cosyns
Bernard Cosyns Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Lars Gullestad
Lars Gullestad Oslo University Hospital
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen Copenhagen University Hospital
Luigi P. Badano
Luigi P. Badano University of Milano-Bicocca

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