Marit Kristine Smedsrud received the Marie Spångberg-award
Postdoctoral fellow at ProCardio, Marit Kristine Smedsrud, received the Marie Spångberg award on June 6th 2023 for the most valuable original scientific article published by a Norwegian female doctor in 2022.
The article "Highly malignant disease in childhood-onset arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy" was published in the renowned European Heart Journal at the end of August.
The study and article originates from ProCardio Center for Innovation at HLK and Professor Kristina Haugaa was the last author of the article. The award took place the Norwegian Medical Association's national board meeting in Bodø.
The current study was the first in the world to investigate the occurrence of serious events in the heart muscle in children with ARVC, as well as the usefulness of family investigation in early childhood for ARVC-related mutations. The study showed a high incidence of serious cardiac events in children with ARVC. Children who developed ARVC before the age of 12 years had a particularly malignant phenotype. In addition, a full 18% of the children included through family screening fulfilled the criteria for a definitive ARVC diagnosis before the age of 18. The results of the study showed that the prevalence of ARVC in childhood is underestimated and that the children who develop ARVC often have a highly malignant phenotype.
Highly malignant disease in childhood-onset arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Smedsrud MK, Chivulescu M, Forså MI, Castrini I, Aabel EW, Rootwelt-Norberg C, Bogsrud MP, Edvardsen T, Hasselberg NE, Früh A, Haugaa KH. Eur Heart J. 2022 Dec 1;43(45):4694-4703. PMID: 36036653