Erik Ekker Solberg

01.07.2021: Elite athletes are more likely to suffer sudden cardiac arrest than their peers. In Norway there is no broad, organised screening of young athletes. The televised cardiac arrest sustained by top footballer Christian Eriksen during the 2021 UEFA European Football Championship should encourage renewed...

07.10.2019: Symptoms of depression and anxiety are common in patients with cardiac disease (1, 2). Depressive symptoms are associated with increased mortality (3), reduced quality of life (4), increased use and increased cost of health services (5) and reduced opportunities for returning to work (6). According...

24.06.2019: We should put more emphasis on physical activity as cardioprotective treatment. Regular physical exercise provides wide-ranging benefits and affects virtually all of the body's organ systems (1). Exercise is therefore an excellent form of preventive medicine. Persons with type 2 diabetes are less...

13.11.2017: Rhabdomyolysis is characterised by the breakdown of myocytes, with subsequent release of the intracellular components creatine kinase, myoglobin and electrolytes into the circulation (1). The incidence of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis has been increasing in Norway in recent years, with an...