Helga Bergljot Midtbø
Position
Researcher, Grieg Foundation Associate Professor
Affiliation
- helga.midtbo@uib.no
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Christies gate 12
5015 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7804NO-5020 BergenNorway
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Helga Bergljot Midtbø
Position
Researcher, Grieg Foundation Associate Professor
Affiliation
Short info
Cardiologist and Grieg Foundation Associate Professor at the Center for Research on Cardiovascular Disease in Women. Reseach interests include sex & gender differences in cardiovascular disease, cardiac imaging, cardiac disease in rheumatic diseases, hypertension and obesity.
Research
Cardiologist and Grieg Foundation Associate Professor at the Center for Research on Cardiovascular Disease in Women at the University of Bergen.
Her research focuses on risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease, especially in women. She has worked extensively with autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, where she leads several clinical projects. Additionally, she researches the impact of obesity and high blood pressure on the development of cardiovascular disease and leads the FATCOR follow-up study. Her research methods include imaging diagnostics such as echocardiography and arterial stiffness.
For more information, visit the Center for Research on Cardiovascular Disease in Women.
Publications
Academic article
- Christian Lillebø Alsing; Jannicke Igland; Tone Wikene Nystad et al. (2025). Data-driven identification of subgroups in early rheumatoid arthritis: mortality and cardiovascular disease in a cohort from western Norway. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Eva Gerdts; Tore Kristian Kvien et al. (2015). Disease activity and left ventricular structure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (external link)
- Edda Bahlmann; Eva Gerdts; Eigir Einarsen et al. (2025). Impact of sex-specific thresholds for low flow in assessment of prognosis in concordantly and discordantly graded aortic valve stenosis. (external link)
- Hilde Halland; Knut Matre; Eigir Einarsen et al. (2019). Effect of fitness on cardiac structure and function in overweight and obesity (the FATCOR study). (external link)
- Hilde Halland; Mai Tone Lønnebakken; Nadia Pristaj et al. (2018). Sex differences in subclinical cardiac disease in overweight and obesity (the FATCOR study). (external link)
- Arleen Aune; Eva Gerdts; Marina Victorovna Kokorina et al. (2022). Persistent cardiac organ damage in surgically and medically treated primary aldosteronism. (external link)
- Christian Lillebø Alsing; Tone Wikene Nystad; Jannicke Igland et al. (2022). Trends in the occurrence of ischaemic heart disease over time in rheumatoid arthritis: 1821 patients from 1972 to 2017. (external link)
- Hanna Augedal Os; Silvia Christin Hellerud Rollefstad; Eva Gerdts et al. (2020). Preclinical cardiac organ damage during statin treatment in patients with inflammatory joint diseases: the RORA-AS statin intervention study. (external link)
- Eigir Einarsen; Dana Cramariuc; Edda Bahlmann et al. (2021). Higher Acceleration/Ejection Time Ratio Predicts Impaired Outcome in Aortic Valve Stenosis. (external link)
- Eva Gerdts; Ester Anne Kringeland; Helga Bergljot Midtbø (2022). Hjertesykdom er vanlig – også hos kvinner. (external link)
- Stina Jordal; Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Einar Skulstad Davidsen et al. (2025). Exploring sex differences in infective endocarditis – a prospective, observational study from Western Norway. (external link)
- Henrik K. Thomassen; Giovanni Cioffi; Eva Gerdts et al. (2017). Echocardiographic aortic valve calcification and outcomes in women and men with aortic stenosis. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Ester Anne Kringeland; Eva Gerdts et al. (2022). Biomarkers of inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in psoriasis patients treated with infliximab. (external link)
- Katrine Tryti Lindseth; Eva Gerdts; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2023). Myocardial Work in Middle-Aged Adults with Overweight and Obesity: Associations with Sex and Central Arterial Stiffness. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Eva Gerdts; Inger Jorid Berg et al. (2018). Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy. (external link)
- Bertina Nielsen Herfindal; Eva Gerdts; Ester Anne Kringeland et al. (2020). Concomitant hypertension is associated with abnormal left ventricular geometry and lower systolic myocardial function in overweight participants: the FAT associated CardiOvasculaR dysfunction study. (external link)
- Rune Krogh Eilertsen; Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Rasmus Bach Sindre et al. (2024). Factors associated with progression of arterial stiffness in ischemic stroke survivors: the Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Eva Gerdts; Tore Kristian Kvien et al. (2016). The association of hypertension with asymptomatic cardiovascular organ damage in rheumatoid arthritis. (external link)
- Arleen Aune; Marina Victorovna Kokorina; Marianne Aa. Grytaas et al. (2021). Preclinical cardiac disease in women and men with primary aldosteronism. (external link)
- Eigir Einarsen; Sahrai Saeed; Dana Cramariuc et al. (2019). Impact of obesity on persistent left Ventricular hypertrophy after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. (external link)
- Annabel Eide Ohldieck; Ester Anne Kringeland; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2023). High-normal blood pressure in midlife is a stronger risk factor for incident hypertension 26 years later in women than men: the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
- Costantino Mancusi; Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Nicola De Luca et al. (2021). Association of myocardial energetic efficiency with circumferential and longitudinal left ventricular myocardial function in subjects with increased body mass index (The fatcor study). (external link)
- Ester Anne Kringeland; Eva Gerdts; Arve Ulvik et al. (2022). Inflammation, sex, blood pressure changes and hypertension in midlife: the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
- Isabel Eva Kenny; Sahrai Saeed; Eva Gerdts et al. (2017). Masked hypertension in obesity: Potential predictors and arterial damage. (external link)
- Maria-Angela Losi; Costantino Mancusi; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2019). Impact of estimated left atrial volume on prognosis in patients with asymptomatic mild to moderate aortic valve stenosis. (external link)
- Anja Linde; Eva Gerdts; Bjørg Tilde Svanes Fevang et al. (2025). Factors associated with left ventricular mass during disease modifying antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the Joint Heart study. (external link)
- Rasmus Bach Sindre; Eva Gerdts; Jukka Putaala et al. (2024). Association of Left Atrial Stiffness With Risk of Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults. (external link)
- Costantino Mancusi; Eva Gerdts; Giovanni de Simone et al. (2016). Higher pulse pressure/stroke volume index is associated with impaired outcome in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy: the LIFE study. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Anne Grete Semb; Knut Matre et al. (2018). Left Ventricular Systolic Myocardial Function in Ankylosing Spondylitis. (external link)
- Hilde Halland; Mai Tone Lønnebakken; Sahrai Saeed et al. (2017). Does fitness improve the cardiovascular risk profile in obese subjects?. (external link)
- Helga Midtbø; Asle Hirth; Gunnar Norgård et al. (2005). Trenger pasienter med ventrikkelseptumdefekt endokardittprofylakse?. (external link)
- John Glad Eikås; Eva Gerdts; Hilde Halland et al. (2023). Arterial Stiffness in Overweight and Obesity: Association with Sex, Age, and Blood Pressure. (external link)
- Edda Bahlmann; Eigir Einarsen; Dana Cramariuc et al. (2021). Low myocardial energetic efficiency is associated with increased mortality in aortic stenosis. (external link)
- Rune Krogh Eilertsen; Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Beenish Adeel Chaudry Nawaz et al. (2025). Associations of short-term blood pressure variability with presence and progression of organ damage over five years in ischaemic stroke survivors: the Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study. (external link)
- Anja Linde; Eva Gerdts; Bjørg Tilde Svanes Fevang et al. (2024). Factors associated with change in arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the JointHeart study. (external link)
- Nadia Pristaj; Sahrai Saeed; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2020). Covariables of myocardial function in women and men with increased body mass index. (external link)
- Eva Gerdts; Sahrai Saeed; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2019). Higher left ventricular mass-wall stress-heart rate product and outcome in aortic valve stenosis. (external link)
- Anja G Linde; Eva Gerdts; Kåre Steinar Tveit et al. (2021). Subclinical cardiac organ damage in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. (external link)
- Annabel Eide Ohldieck; Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Ester Anne Kringeland et al. (2025). Stronger Association Between Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Older Women than Men: The Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
- Gyda Ullensvang; Ester Anne Kringeland; Eirik Ikdahl et al. (2023). Cardiovascular organ damage in relation to hypertension status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. (external link)
- Edda Bahlmann; Eigir Einarsen; Dana Cramariuc et al. (2022). Prognosis in asymptomatic patients with discordantly graded aortic valve stenosis based on pressure recovery adjusted valve area. (external link)
- Ester Anne Kringeland; Grethe S. Tell; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2021). Stage 1 hypertension, sex, and acute coronary syndromes during midlife: the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
- Ester Anne Kringeland; Grethe S. Tell; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2020). Factors associated with increase in blood pressure and incident hypertension in early midlife: the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Arve Ulvik; Dana Cramariuc et al. (2024). Influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on obesity-associated inflammation in women and men: The FATCOR study. (external link)
- Mai Tone Lønnebakken; Ingeborg Eskerud; Terje H Larsen et al. (2019). Impact of aortic stiffness on myocardial ischaemia in non-obstructive coronary artery disease. (external link)
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Anne Grete Semb; Knut Matre et al. (2016). Disease activity is associated with reduced left ventricular systolic myocardial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (external link)
Letter to the editor
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Anne Grete Semb; Knut Matre et al. (2016). Response to: 'Disease activity and left ventricular systolic function in rheumatoid arthritis' by Giollo et al. (external link)
- Ester Anne Kringeland; Grethe S. Tell; Helga Bergljot Midtbø et al. (2021). Response to 'Letter to the Editor' by Rognstad et al.. (external link)
Academic literature review
- Helga Bergljot Midtbø; Ståle Wågen Hauge; Rune Haaverstad et al. (2020). How reproducible is the diagnosis of borderline rheumatic heart disease?. (external link)
- Valeria Valim; Eva Gerdts; Roland Jonsson et al. (2016). Atherosclerosis in Sjögren's syndrome: Evidence, possible mechanisms and knowledge gaps. (external link)