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Professor of Cardiology and Senior consultant at The Heart Centre Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen.

Reviewer for international scientific journals and foundations. Founder and principal investigator of 3 multicenter trials (POSTCON I, POSTCON II, DANAMI3) and principal investigator in a number of trials.

Research according to Web of Science (10.03.23) has been cited >15.000 times, with a H-index of 49. Total publications are >300, with >130 within the latest 5 years (March 2018 – March 2023). Has published 5 articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, 7 in The Lancet and 5 in JAMA.

2007-2016: Head of Department of Invasive Cardiology, The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet.

Main research areas

  • Myocardial protection in ischemic heart disease with special reference to reperfusion injury
  • Percutaneous assist devices in cardiogenic shock
  • The significance of pressure derived strategies in percutaneous coronary interventions
  • Personalized revascularization in frail patients
  • Coronary plaque characterization and intravascular imaging
  • Multivessel disease in STEMI

Current research

Reperfusion strategies in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Criricat care medicine in the early setting of ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Pressure and flow derived revascularization strategies.

Potential conflicts of interest

Advisory board member for Bayer, Astra zeneca, Eli Lilly.

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