Present position : Head of the Department
Professor in
Cardiovascular Physiology
Consultant Physician in
Cardiology St.Olavs Hospital
Academic degree : dr.med (Doctorate in Medicine)
Main Research Interests
Echocardiography
Exercise Physiology
Heart-Brain vascular interactions
Education
2000 Board approved specialist in cardiology
1998 Board approved specialist in internal medicine
1992 Doctoral degree, NTNU, Trondheim Norway "Aortic Regurgitation"
1985 cand.med. (graduate degree in medicine), NTNU, Trondheim
Work experience 2002 Professor/ Consultant Physician in Cardiology
2000-2002 Associate Professor/ Consultant Physician in Cardiology
1998-2000 Cardiology Fellow, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim
1991-1998 Resident, Internal Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim
1987-1990 Research fellow in Cardiology, Trondheim (Norwegian
Research Council)
1985-1986 Intern, Molde County Hospital and Fræna Medical Center
Special assignments
2002- Head of the Department of Circulation and Medical
Imaging
2002 - Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
2002 Working group on the instruction of the Ministry of
Health "A Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Register"
2001-2002 Director of the Coronary Care Unit at St. Olavs Hospital
2001- Director of the Clinical Physiology Laboratory
2000- Project leader for a National Register of Myocardial
Infarction
2000-2001 Member of the Scientific Board - Health and Rehabilitation
1998-2001 Assistant Chief Physician at the Dept. of Medicine,
St.Olav Hospital
1998 - Project leader for a Regional Register of Myocardial
Infarction
1996-1999 Deputy chairman in the committee responsible for the
curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine
1996 Research prize. The Royal Norwegian Society of
Sciences and Letters.
1996 Research prize. Caroline Aarsvold Foundation
Scientific supervision PhD:
Yngve Dahl 2003-
Brage Høyem Amundsen 2003-
Øivind Rognmo 2001-
Doctorates in Medicine:
Charlotte Bjørk Ingul 2001-
Bjørn Olav Haugen 1998-2001
Graduate thesis - 14 students 1998- present
Foreign research stay
Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF, San Francisco
1989
Teaching Experience
Teaching at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology since
1991 in cardiovascular physiology, general internal medicine,
cardiology and stroke treatment at both graduate and postgraduate level.
Established in 1999 a basic course (2.5 credits) for students from
other faculties: Medicine for non-medical students, introduction (MDMIM
100). In 2002 more than 240 student took the course.
Publications 1998 - 2002
Original publications.
Stoylen A, Wisløff U, Slørdahl S. Left ventricular mechanics during
exercise, A Doppler and tissue Doppler study. Eur J Echocardiogr (in
press)
Rune Lindgren, Geir Arild Espnes, Stig Slørdahl. Physical exercise in
the treatment of post-infarct depression. Corpus Psyche Societas 2002; 9: 31-47.
Stein Inge Rabben, Nikos Stergiopulos, Leif Rune Hellevik, Otto A.
Smiseth, Stig Slørdahl, Stig Urheim, Bjørn Angelsen. An
ultrasound-based method for determining pulse wave velocity in
superficial arteries. J Biomech (in press).
Bjørn Olav Haugen, Sevald Berg, Kjell Morten Brecke, Stein Olav
Samstad, Hans Torp, Stig Arild Slørdahl, Terje Skjærpe, Stein Olav
Samstad. Blood flow velocity profiles in the aortic annulus: a
three-dimensional freehand color flow imaging study. J Am Soc
Echocardiogr 2002; 15: 328-33.
Brage H. Amundsen, Ulrik Wisløff, Jan Helgerud, Jan Hoff, Stig A.
Slørdahl. Ultrasound recorded blood to the arm during elbow flexion
exercise- Characteristics and repeatability. Med Sci in Sports Exerc
2002; 34: 1288-93.
Asbjørn Støylen, Stig Slørdahl, Gunnar Skjelvan, Andreas Heimdal, Terje
Skjaerpe. Strain rate imaging in normal and reduced diastolic function:
Comparison with pulsed Doppler tissue imaging of the mitral annulus. J
Am Soc Echocardiogr 2001; 14: 264-74.
Stig A. Slørdahl, Steinar Bjærum, Brage H. Amundsen, Asbjørn Støylen,
Andreas Heimdal, Stein Inge Rabben, Hans Torp. High frame rate strain
rate imaging of the ventricular septum in healthy subjects. Eur J
Ultrasound 2001; 14: 149-55.
Morten Troøyen, Bent Indredavik, Ole Rossvoll, Stig A. Slørdahl.
Myokardskade ved akutte hjerneslag bedømt med troponin I Myocardial
injury in acute stroke assessed by troponin I.
Tidskr Nor Lægeforen 2001; 4: 421-5.
Bjørn Olav Haugen, Sevald Berg, Kjell Morten Brecke , Stein Olav
Samstad, Terje Skjærpe, Stig Arild Slørdahl, Hans Torp . Measurement of
volumetric mitral and aortic blood flow based on a new freehand
three-dimensional colour flow imaging method. An in vivo validation.
Eur J Echocardiography 2000; 1: 204-12.
Bjørn Olav Haugen, Sevald Berg, Kjell Morten Brecke, Stein Olav
Samstad,, Stig Arild Slørdahl, Terje Skjaerpe, Hans Torp. Velocity
profiles in mitral blood flow based on threee-dimensional freehand
colour flow imaging acquired at high frame rate. Eur J Echocardiography
2000; 1: 252-6.
Stein Inge Rabben, Anders Herman Torp, Asbjørn Støylen, Stig Slørdahl,
Knut Bjørnstad, Bjørn Olav Haugen, Bjørn Angelsen. Semiautomatic
contour detection in ultrasound M-mode images. Ultrasound Med Biol
2000; 26: 287-96.
B.Indredavik, F.Bakke, S.A. Slørdahl, R. Rokseth, L.L.Håheim. Stroke
unit treatment- 10 years follow-up. Stroke 1999;30: 1524-27.
B.Indredavik, F.Bakke, S.A. Slørdahl, R. Rokseth, L.L.Håheim. Treatment
in a combined acute and rehabilitation stroke unit. Which aspects are
important. Stroke 1999;30:917-923.
Stig A. Slørdahl, Bent Indredavik. Akutt hjerneslag- hvem dør i en
slagenhet Acute stroke- who dies in a stroke unit?. Tidsskr Nor
Lægeforen 1999; 1419-22.
B. Indredavik, F. Bakke, S.A. Slørdahl, R. Rokseth, L.L. Håheim. Stroke
Unit Treatment Improves Long-term Quality of Life: A Randomized
Controlled Trial. Stroke 1998; 28: 895-899.
Reviews, editorials and book chapters.
Stig A. Slørdahl, Sevald Berg, Asbjørn Støylen, Stein Samstad, Hans
Torp. Left ventricular volumes from three-dimensional echocardiography
by rapid freehand scanning using digital scan line data. 2002
www.medisin.ntnu.no/~slordahl/
Steinar Bjærum, Andreas Heimdal, Hans Torp, Brage Amundsen, Stig A.
Slørdahl, Bjørn Olstad. High frame rate tissue Doppler and strain rate
imaging. In: Detection and visualization of moving targets in medical
ultrasound imaging. Dr ing thesis 2001:1, Dept. of Computer and
Information Science, NTNU.
Bent Indredavik, Stig A. Slørdahl, Frøydis Bakke, Rolf Rokseth, Lise L.
Håheim. Stroke unit care improves long-term survival and function.
Cardiology Review 1999; 16: 24-7.