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Body weight, body size and early cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies using Swedish registries
(2021-05-04)
Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. While overweight and obesity have become increasingly more common in Sweden and ...
Invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections
(2009-11-27)
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of septicaemia-related death.
The aims of this thesis were to describe the epidemiology of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections (ISA), the clinical course, and serological ...
Prevalence and treatment of patients with heart failure with special emphasis on diuretics
(2017-09-21)
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide with an estimated prevalence of about 1-2% in the Western world. The temporal trend for prevalence of HF has never been investigated in a nationwide ...
Heart failure epidemiology with emphasis on young adults
(2019-11-20)
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide with exponentially increasing incidence
with age and the majority of patients being elderly. In recent years, an increase in hospitalization and
prevalence ...
Obesity in diabetes. Cardiovascular outcomes and risk factor trajectories
(2021-03-23)
Introduction: The association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in diabetes
is complex and sparsely investigated for cardiovascular (CVD) outcomes. We aimed to
investigate these relationships among patients ...
Pre-Hospital Decision Process and Prognosis in Men and Women with Coronary Heart Disease
(2015-02-27)
The overall aim of this thesis was to describe experiences, strategies and actions in the prehospital phase among patients with a first acute myocardial infarction and to examine long-term trends in survival among patients ...
Predicting mortality by comorbidity for patients with hip arthroplasty: Prospective observational register studies of a nationwide Swedish cohort
(2020-08-19)
INTRODUCTION: Patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) due to osteoarthritis (OA) are
usually healthy, some with a remaining lifetime of several decades after surgery. Patients
with hip arthroplasty due to a femoral ...
Women and acute myocardial infarction - studies of symptoms, mortality and prognosis
(2013-08-29)
The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate recent data regarding sex differences in symptoms, mortality and case fatality in coronary heart disease (CHD), with the ultimate aim to increase knowledge about women and ...