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Patients with a transplanted heart risk suffering from a disease in the heart's blood vessels. New Doctor of Medical Science at Aarhus University, Tor Skibsted Clemmensen, carries out research into a new method that can detect the disease at an earlier stage than currently possible.
2021.11.03 |
Tor Skibsted Clemmensen is a cardiologist at Aarhus University Hospital and has written his higher doctoral dissertation at Aarhus University on a new method for examining blood vessels in patients who have undergone a heart transplant.
Patients who have undergone a heart transplant are at risk of suffering complications after the transplantation, in part because the blood vessels which supply blood to the heart may in time become worse. These patients therefore have an annual check-up at the hospital, where they undergo an X-ray and scintigraphy of the coronary arteries – an examination that is invasive and unpleasant for the patients.
Working at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Tor Skibsted Clemmensen carries out research into new methods that use infrared light to show early signs of disease in the blood vessels. In addition, he carries out advanced cardiac ultrasound scans, where he measures the heart's contraction and blood flow at rest and under medical strain. The advantage of the new methods are that cardiologists can diagnose diseases of the blood vessels at an early stage. Furthermore, many patients can make do with cardiac ultrasound, which is non-invasive and thus does not inconvenience the patient.
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MD & PhD Tor Skibsted Clemmensen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Aarhus University Hospital, Cardiology
Mobile: (+45) 2388 2432
Email: tscl@clin.au.dk