Rune Haaverstad

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Klinisk institutt 2

Universitetet i Bergen

Seksjon for thoraxkirurgi

Hjerteavdelingen

Haukeland universitetssjukehus

Bergen

Forfatterbidrag: Utarbeiding/revisjon av selve manuset og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Rune Haaverstad er overlege og professor emeritus.

Articles by Rune Haaverstad

Should patients who use illicit drugs be offered a second heart-valve replacement?

Ingrid Miljeteig,
Steinar Skrede,
Jørund Langørgen,
Rune Haaverstad,
Ola Jøsendal,
Haakon Sjursen,
Ole Frithjof Norheim

07.05.2013: IVDUs are particularly prone to infectious endocarditis, with a lifetime incidence of 1 – 11 % (1, 2). Among the estimated 8 200 to 11 500 IVDUs living in Norway (3), there are indications of an increasing incidence of endocarditis with damage to the valves, as in other Western countries (4). At...

The Norwegian Register for Cardiac Surgery and specialist environments

Jan L. Svennevig,
Leidulf Segadal,
Rune Haaverstad

07.01.2011: In 1994, the Norwegian Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery established a countrywide register for all heart surgery in Norway. The register contains information about types of operation, risk factors, complications and 30-day mortality. In this article we discuss our experiences with the register...