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Publications by Bjørn Braathen

14 publications found

Original articles

Opstad TB, Papotti B, Åkra S, Hansen CH, Braathen B, Tønnessen T, Solheim S, Seljeflot I (2023)
Sirtuin1, not NAMPT, possesses anti-inflammatory effects in epicardial, pericardial and subcutaneous adipose tissue in patients with CHD
J Transl Med, 21 (1), 644
DOI 10.1186/s12967-023-04518-4, PubMed 37730614

Strand ME, Vanhaverbeke M, Henkens MTHM, Sikking MA, Rypdal KB, Braathen B, Almaas VM, Tønnessen T, Christensen G, Heymans S, Lunde IG (2023)
Inflammation and Syndecan-4 Shedding from Cardiac Cells in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart Disease
Biomedicines, 11 (4)
DOI 10.3390/biomedicines11041066, PubMed 37189684

Papotti B, Opstad TB, Åkra S, Tønnessen T, Braathen B, Hansen CH, Arnesen H, Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Ronda N (2023)
Macrophage polarization markers in subcutaneous, pericardial, and epicardial adipose tissue are altered in patients with coronary heart disease
Front Cardiovasc Med, 10, 1055069
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1055069, PubMed 36937936

Åkra S, Seljeflot I, Braathen B, Bratseth V, Hansen CH, Arnesen H, Tønnessen T, Solheim S (2022)
The NLRP3 inflammasome activation in subcutaneous, epicardial and pericardial adipose tissue in patients with coronary heart disease undergoing coronary by-pass surgery
Atheroscler Plus, 48, 47-54
DOI 10.1016/j.athplu.2022.03.005, PubMed 36644557

Herum KM, Romaine A, Wang A, Melleby AO, Strand ME, Pacheco J, Braathen B, Dunér P, Tønnessen T, Lunde IG, Sjaastad I, Brakebusch C, McCulloch AD, Gomez MF, Carlson CR, Christensen G (2020)
Syndecan-4 Protects the Heart From the Profibrotic Effects of Thrombin-Cleaved Osteopontin
J Am Heart Assoc, 9 (3), e013518
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.119.013518, PubMed 32000579

Braathen B, Husebye T, Lunde IG, Tønnessen T (2018)
Trifecta has lower gradient and less prosthesis-patient mismatch than Mosaic Ultra in the aortic position: A prospective randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 158 (4), 1032-1039
DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.11.020, PubMed 30635187

Strand ME, Aronsen JM, Braathen B, Sjaastad I, Kvaløy H, Tønnessen T, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2015)
Shedding of syndecan-4 promotes immune cell recruitment and mitigates cardiac dysfunction after lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 88, 133-44
DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.10.003, PubMed 26449522

Majak P, Braathen B, Bjørnstad JL, Tønnessen T (2012)
GDF-15 is increased during early reperfusion following aortic valve replacement
Scand Cardiovasc J, 46 (2), 99-106
DOI 10.3109/14017431.2011.649489, PubMed 22168128

Majak P, Bjørnstad JL, Braathen B, Lunde IG, Husebye T, Christensen G, Tønnessen T (2012)
Endothelin-1 in the human myocardium and circulating plasma: evaluation before, during and after correction of aortic stenosis with aortic valve replacement
Cardiology, 123 (1), 1-10
DOI 10.1159/000339756, PubMed 22907118

Braathen B, Jeppsson A, Scherstén H, Hagen OM, Vengen Ø, Rexius H, Lepore V, Tønnessen T (2010)
One single dose of histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution gives equally good myocardial protection in elective mitral valve surgery as repetitive cold blood cardioplegia: a prospective randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 141 (4), 995-1001
DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.011, PubMed 20800244

Braathen B, Tønnessen T (2009)
Cold blood cardioplegia reduces the increase in cardiac enzyme levels compared with cold crystalloid cardioplegia in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for isolated aortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 139 (4), 874-80
DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.036, PubMed 19660338

Braathen B, Vengen OA, Tønnessen T (2006)
Myocardial cooling with ice-slush provides no cardioprotective effects in aortic valve replacement
Scand Cardiovasc J, 40 (6), 368-73
DOI 10.1080/14017430600987912, PubMed 17118828