Main research areas
- Ischemic heart disease
- Ishemic heart failure
- Reperfusion injury following STEMI
- The significance of pressure-derived and intravascular imaging strategies in percutaneous coronary interventions
- Revascularization in patients with structural heart disease and STEMI
- Ischemia-induced arrythmia and ICD
- Imaging: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and Optical Cohorence Tomoraphy (OCT)
- Optimal antithrombotic therapy following ACS
We are currently chairing international and nationwide RCTs in patients with ishemic heart disease alongside participating in national and international clinical trials.
Researchers
- Professor Thomas Engstrøm, MD, PhD, DMSc
- Dr. Jacob Lønborg, MD, PhD, DMSc
- Dr. Reza Jabbari, MD, PhD
- Dr. Rikke Sørensen, MD, PhD
- Dr. Lars Nepper-Christensen, MD, PhD
- Dr. Muhammad Sabbah, MD, PhD
- Dr. Jasmine Madsen, MD, PhD-student
- Dr. Burcu Tas Özbek, MD, PhD-student
- Dr. Yan Zhou, MD, PhD-student
- Dr. Mia Ravn Jacobsen, MD, PhD-student
Funding
- Alfred Benzon
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Danmarks Frie Forskning Fond
- Gangsted Fonden
- Rigshospitalets Forskningspulje
- Hjerteforeningen
Key Collaborators
- Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
- Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Kraainem, Belgium
Associated Departments
- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Univeristy Hospital, Denmark
Projects
On-going clinical trials
- Danish Study of Optimal Acute Treatment of Patients With ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (DANAMI-4 (iPOST2 and iSTEMI)
- Pulse Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (PULSE-MI)
- Revascularization in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (NOTION-3)
- A Danish ICD-study in patients with coronary artery disease resusciated from ventricular fibrillation (DAN-ICD)
- Reduced Antithrombotic Strategy for High Bleeding Risk Patients With Myocardial Infarction (Dan-DAPT)
- Late Reperfusion With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (LATE-MI)
Previous larger trials:
- DANAMI-3 (DEFER, iPOST, PRIMULTI)
- POSTCON-1 and 2
- DANEGAPTIDE