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Estimation of risk in the field of osteoporosis
(2011-04-15)
Introduction: Osteoporosis has been recognised as an established and well-defined disease that affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan. Osteoporosis has been operationally defined by the ...
Diabetes and hypertension - entangled chronic conditions in primary care. Time trends and determinants for mortality and cardiovascular complications.
(2021-03-23)
Diabetes and hypertension are chronic, often coexisting conditions with increased risk of premature death and cardiovascular complications. This thesis aimed to study different epidemiological aspects regarding risk of ...
Mortality and morbidity in patients with Addison's disease
(2015-02-27)
Addison's disease (AD) or primary adrenal insufficiency is a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 100-140 per million inhabitants and deadly unless treated with glucocorticoids (GCs). Very limited information is ...
Manifestations and Survival in Coronary Heart Disease
(2009-01-15)
Aim: To investigate how risk factors predict manifestations in coronary heart disease (CHD), and trends in short-term and long-term survival including trends in out-of-hospital mortality.
Populations and methods: In the ...
Studies of risks associated with atrial fibrillation
(2010-10-25)
Aim: To investigate temporal trends in the risk of mortality and stroke associated with incident
atrial fibrillation (AF) in Sweden. To investigate the risk of morbidity and mortality associated
with prevalent and incident ...
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 ...
Epidemiology of heart failure and feasibility of home care in patients with worsening chronic heart failure
(2009-11-26)
Aim: To investigate gender-specific trends in long-term mortality in patients hospitalised for ischaemic and non-ischaemic heart failure (HF) and explore temporal trends in the risk of HF complicating acute myocardial ...
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 ...
Clinical relevance of high-sensitive Troponin T in cardiovascular disease
(2015-04-13)
Background and aims: Troponin T (hs-cTnT) is a cardiac damage marker used in the diagnosis of non-ST
segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and for prognostic assessment. Clinical decision-making
should ideally ...
Catching broken hearts - Electrocardiography and in-hospital outcome in Takotsubo syndrome versus ST elevation myocardial infarction
(2022-11-10)
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Takotsubo syndrome (TS) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have similar symptoms, non-invasive test results and complications. Whereas AMI is caused by cardiac ischemia, the pathophysiology of TS ...