Bjørn Braathen

One single dose of histidine–tryptophan–ketoglutarate solution gives equally good myocardial protection in elective mitral valve surgery as repetitive cold blood cardioplegia: A prospective randomized study

Bjørn Braathen, Anders Jeppsson, Henrik Scherstén et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2010 · 109 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +12

Shedding of syndecan-4 promotes immune cell recruitment and mitigates cardiac dysfunction after lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice

Mari E. Strand, Jan Magnus Aronsen, Bjørn Braathen et al. · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2015 · 65 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +14

Cold blood cardioplegia reduces the increase in cardiac enzyme levels compared with cold crystalloid cardioplegia in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for isolated aortic stenosis

Bjørn Braathen, Theis Tønnessen · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2009 · 51 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +11

Myocardial cooling with ice-slush provides no cardioprotective effects in aortic valve replacement

Bjørn Braathen, Øystein Vengen, Theis Tønnessen · Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal · 2006 · 18 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery +12

Trifecta has lower gradient and less prosthesis–patient mismatch than Mosaic Ultra in the aortic position: A prospective randomized study

Bjørn Braathen, Trygve Husebye, Ida G. Lunde et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2018 · 16 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +9