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    ABO blood group does not impact incidence or outcomes of surgery for acute type A aortic dissection 
    Nozohoor, Shahab; Ahmad, Khalil; Bjurbom, Markus; Hansson, Emma C.; Heimisdottir, Alexandra; Jeppsson, Anders; Mennander, Ari; Olsson, Christian; Pan, Emily; Ragnarsson, Sigurður; Sjögren, Johan; Tellides, George; Wickbom, Anders; Geirsson, Arnar; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Zindovic, Igor (Informa UK Limited, 2019-10-23)
    Objectives. To evaluate the distribution and impact of ABO blood groups on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). Design. A total of 1144 surgical ATAAD patients from eight Nordic centres ...
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    Acute type A aortic dissection–a review 
    Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Ahlsson, Anders; Geirsson, Arnar; Gunn, Jarmo; Hjortdal, Vibeke; Jeppsson, Anders; Mennander, Ari; Zindovic, Igor; Olsson, Christian (2020-01-02)
    Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is still one of the most challenging diseases that cardiac surgeons encounter. This review is based on the current literature and includes the results from the Nordic Consortium for Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection ...
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    Association of Genetically Predicted Lipid Levels With the Extent of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Icelandic Adults 
    Björnsson, Eyþór; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Helgadóttir, Anna; Gudnason, Thorarinn; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Andersen, Karl; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Ólafsson, Ísleifur; Tragante, Vinicius; Ólafsson, Ólafur Hreiðar; Jónsdóttir, Birna; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (American Medical Association (AMA), 2020-01-01)
    Importance: Genetic studies have evaluated the influence of blood lipid levels on the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), but less is known about how they are associated with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis. Objective: To estimate the ...
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    Clinical Course of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery and Long-term Outcome 
    Rezk, Mary; Taha, Amar; Nielsen, Susanne J.; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Bergfeldt, Lennart; Ahlsson, Anders; Jeppsson, Anders (2022-12-01)
    BACKGROUND: New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery is associated with worse short- and long-term outcomes. Although the clinical presentation of POAF varies substantially, almost all studies model it with a dichotomous ...
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    Genome-wide analysis yields new loci associating with aortic valve stenosis 
    Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Tragante, Vinicius; Þórólfsdóttir, Rósa B.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Björnsson, Þorsteinn; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Verweij, Niek; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Zhou, Wei; Folkersen, Lasse; Martinsson, Andreas; Heydarpour, Mahyar; Prakash, Siddharth; Óskarsson, Gylfi; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Geirsson, Arnar; Olafsson, Isleifur; Sigurðsson, Emil Lárus; Almgren, Peter; Melander, Olle; Franco-Cereceda, Anders; Hamsten, Anders; Fritsche, Lars; Lin, Maoxuan; Yang, Bo; Hornsby, Whitney; Guo, Dongchuan; Brummett, Chad M.; Abecasis, Gonçalo; Mathis, Michael; Milewicz, Dianna; Body, Simon C.; Eriksson, Per; Willer, Cristen J.; Hveem, Kristian; Newton-Cheh, Christopher; Smith, J. Gustav; Danielsen, Ragnar; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Nature, 2018-03-07)
    Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease, and valve replacement is the only definitive treatment. Here we report a large genome-wide association (GWA) study of 2,457 Icelandic AS cases and 349,342 controls with a follow-up ...
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    Greiningarferli lungnakrabbameins á Landspítala: sjúklingamiðuð nálgun 
    Harðardóttir, Hrönn; Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Sigvaldason, Andrés; Lund, Sigrún Helga; Aspelund, Thor; Hansdottir, Sif; Jónsson, Steinn (Læknafélag Íslands / Icelandic Medical Association, 2017-04-06)
    Inngangur: Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að lýsa einkennum, sjúkdómsmynd, meðferð og afdrifum sjúklinga sem hafa farið í kerfisbundið greiningarferli á Landspítala vegna gruns um lungnakrabbamein. Efniviður og aðferðir: Rannsóknin tekur til 550 sjúklinga ...
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    Impact of national holidays and weekends on incidence of acute type A aortic dissection repair 
    Oudin, Anna; Bjursten, Henrik; Oudin Åström, Daniel; Nozohoor, Shahab; Ahmad, Khalil; Tang, Mariann; Bjurbom, Markus; Hansson, Emma C.; Jeppsson, Anders; Moeller, Christian H.; Jormalainen, Mikko; Juvonen, Tatu; Mennander, Ari; Olsen, Peter S.; Olsson, Christian; Ahlsson, Anders; Pan, Emily; Raivio, Peter; Wickbom, Anders; Sjögren, Johan; Geirsson, Arnar; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Zindovic, Igor (2022-11-29)
    Previous studies have demonstrated that environmental and temporal factors may affect the incidence of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). Here, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis that national holidays and weekends influence the incidence of ...
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    Life Expectancy After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement 
    Martinsson, Andreas; Nielsen, Susanne J.; Milojevic, Milan; Redfors, Björn; Omerovic, Elmir; Tønnessen, Theis; Guðbjartsson, Tómas; Dellgren, Göran; Jeppsson, Anders; Gudbjartsson, Tomas (2021-11-30)
    Background: Surgical risk, age, perceived life expectancy, and valve durability influence the choice between surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation. The contemporaneous life expectancy after SAVR, in relation ...
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    Low rate of reoperations after acute type A aortic dissection repair from The Nordic Consortium Registry 
    Pan, Emily; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Ahlsson, Anders; Fuglsang, Simon; Geirsson, Arnar; Hansson, Emma C.; Hjortdal, Vibeke; Jeppsson, Anders; Järvelä, Kati; Mennander, Ari; Nozohoor, Shahab; Olsson, Christian; Wickbom, Anders; Zindovic, Igor; Gunn, Jarmo (Elsevier BV, 2018-09)
    Objectives: To describe the relationship between the extent of primary aortic repair and the incidence of reoperations after surgery for type A aortic dissection. Methods: A retrospective cohort of 1159 patients treated for type A aortic dissection at ...
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    Penetrating stab injuries in Iceland: a whole-nation study on incidence and outcome in patients hospitalized for penetrating stab injuries 
    Johannesdottir, Una; Jonsdottir, Gudrun Maria; Johannesdottir, Bergros; Heimisdottir, Alexandra; Eyþórsson, Elías; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Mogensen, Brynjólfur (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-01-23)
    Background: Studies on penetrating injuries in Europe are scarce and often represent data from single institutions. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence and demographic features of patients hospitalized for stab injury in a whole nation. ...
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    A rare missense mutation in MYH6 associates with non-syndromic coarctation of the aorta 
    Björnsson, Þorsteinn; Þórólfsdóttir, Rósa B.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; sulem, patrick; Norðdahl, Guðmundur L.; Helgadóttir, Anna; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Magnusdóttir, Auður; Danielsen, Ragnar; Sigurðsson, Emil Lárus; Adalsteinsdottir, Berglind; Gunnarsson, Sverrir I; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Arnar, Davíð O.; Helgason, Hróðmar; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-03-24)
    Aims Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) accounts for 4-8% of congenital heart defects (CHDs) and confers substantial morbidity despite treatment. It is increasingly recognized as a highly heritable condition. The aim of the study was to search for sequence ...
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    Sequence variant at 8q24.21 associates with sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation 
    Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Walters, G. Bragi; Björnsson, Aron; Ólafsson, Ingvar Hákon; Úlfarsson, Elfar; Víkingsson, Arnór; Hansdóttir, Ragnheiður; Karlsson, Karl O.; Rafnar, Thorunn; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Frigge, Michael L.; Kong, Augustine; Oddsson, Asmundur; Másson, Gísli; Magnússon, Ólafur T.; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Stefánsson, Hreinn; sulem, patrick; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Nature, 2017-02-22)
    Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is common and often debilitating. Microdiscectomy of herniated lumbar discs (LDHsurg) is performed on the most severe cases to resolve the resulting sciatica. Here we perform a genome-wide association study on 4,748 LDHsurg ...
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    Skurðaðgerðir við hjartaþelsbólgu á Íslandi 1997-2013 
    Jóhannesdóttir, Ragnheiður Marta; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Geirsson, Arnar (Læknafélag Íslands / Icelandic Medical Association, 2017-02-03)
    Inngangur: Opna hjartaaðgerð getur þurft að gera í alvarlegum tilfellum hjartaþelsbólgu. Tilgangur þessarar rannsóknar var að kanna árangur skurðaðgerða við hjartaþelsbólgu á Íslandi en slík rannsókn hefur ekki birst áður. Efniviður og aðferðir: ...
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    Skyndilegur brjóstverkur og raddbreyting eftir notkun rafsígarettu - sjúkratilfelli 
    Thoroddsen, Ulfur; Gudbjartsson, Tomas (2019-06)
    Tæplega tvítugur, áður hraustur, fyrrverandi reykingamaður leitaði á bráðamóttöku Landspítala vegna skyndilegra brjóstverkja. Tveimur klukkustundum áður hafði hann notað rafsígarettu sem olli kröftugu hóstakasti. Verkurinn versnaði við djúpa innöndun ...
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    Specialist training for cardiothoracic surgery in the Nordic countries 
    Mennander, Ari; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Jeppsson, Anders; Hjortdal, Vibeke; Tønnessen, Theis (2020-03)
    Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Iceland form the 5 culturally uniform Nordic countries. Each of the countries owns a high-standard tradition of individual steering in cardiothoracic education aiming at securing the needs and features of the local ...