Publications by authors named "Simon Kildal"

Article Synopsis
  • The study analyzed trends in atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence from 1994 to 2016 among men and women using data from the Tromsø Study involving nearly 28,000 participants.
  • AF incidence decreased in women (from 1.19 to 0.71 per 1000 person-years) and initially increased then declined in men (from 1.18 to 2.82, then 1.94 per 1000 person-years).
  • Key risk factors affecting these trends included changes in blood pressure for women and body mass index for men, accounting for 10.9% of the decrease in women and 44.7% of the increase in men.
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Aim of study was to examine experimentally the adult female hypertensive heart in order to determine the role of ovary function in the response of the heart to salt-dependent hypertension. Dahl salt-sensitive rats, age 12 weeks, with/without ovariectomy were fed a standard (0.3% NaCl) or high-salt diet (8%) for 16 weeks.

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