Kjetil Steine

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Kardiologisk avdeling

Akershus universitetssykehus

Kjetil Steine er ph.d., spesialist i indremedisin og i hjertesykdommer og er overlege.

Articles by Kjetil Steine

Cardiac amyloidosis

Adam Dhayyat,
Peter S. Deeg,
Jacek Srokosz,
Gitta Turowski,
Kjetil Steine

06.11.2025: Tumour-like amyloid deposits in the heart are exceedingly rare. We present a case report of an amyloid cardiac tumour with severe haemodynamic compromise. A previously healthy man in his forties was admitted to a local hospital after three weeks of pronounced fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance...

Recurrent pericarditis

Peter M. Andel,
Pål Aukrust,
Jostein Gleditsch,
Einar Gude,
Glenn Haugeberg,
Sverre Høie,
Tore Salte,
Kjetil Steine,
Dan Atar

31.05.2023: Pericarditis is an important differential diagnosis in patients with chest pain. The two most common causes in the developed world are idiopathic pericarditis and inflammation following cardiac surgery or myocardial infarction. Recurrence of pericarditis affects up to 30 % of patients, half of whom...