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Articles by Erik Ekker Solberg
Should athletes be screened for heart disease?
- Anders Wold Bjerring,
- Sebastian Imre Sarvari,
- Thor Edvardsen,
- 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...
Screening for symptoms of depression and anxiety in a cardiology department
- Torkil Berge,
- Bente Bull-Hansen,
- Erik Ekker Solberg,
- Else Resser Heyerdahl,
- Kjetil Nordbø Jørgensen,
- Leif Erik Vinge,
- Marit Aarønæs,
- Erik Øie,
- Ingrid Hyldmo
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...
Exercise and type 2 diabetes
- Trine Moholdt,
- Erik Ekker Solberg
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...
Exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis – a patient series
- Kiarash Tazmini,
- Christoffer Schreiner,
- Sidsel Bruserud,
- Truls Raastad,
- Erik Ekker Solberg
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...