Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Lars Fjetland; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz (2015). Endovascular stroke treatment at Stavanger University Hospital. (external link)
• Sara Mathisen; Martin Kurz; Jan Petter Larsen (2018). Risk factors influencing long-term survival and nursing home placement in stroke survivors and patients with carotid stenosis. (external link)
• Rajiv Advani; Martin Kurz (2018). Organisational and Informational Changes to Acute Onset Stroke Treatment Aimed at Increasing the Availability of Treatment and Improving Outcomes. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Anna Tancin Lambert; Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Bente Halvorsen et al. (2019). Clinically available biomarkers as predictors of atrial fibrillation in patients with cryptogenic stroke the Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Study (NOR-FIB). (external link)
• Lars Fjetland; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz; Sumit K Roy et al. (2013). Evaluation of the bridging concept as treatment option in endovascular stroke treatment. (external link)

Academic article

• Øivind Hegland; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Peter Scott Munk et al. (2010). The effect of statin therapy on the progression of carotid artery stenosis in relation to stenosis severity. (external link)
• Olav Søvik; Halvor Øygarden; Arnstein Tveiten et al. (2024). Barriers to stroke treatment: The price of long-distance from thrombectomy centers. (external link)
• Mona Kristiansen Beyer; Guido Alves; Kristy S. Hwang et al. (2013). Cerebrospinal fluid A levels correlate with structural brain changes in Parkinson's disease. (external link)
• Lars Fjetland; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz; Sumit K Roy et al. (2015). Evaluation of the recombinant tissue plasminogen activator pretreatment in acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusions treated with the direct bridging approach. Is it worth the effort?. (external link)
• Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Anna Tancin Lambert; Henriette Johansen et al. (2019). Atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and transient ischaemic attack – The Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) Study: Rationale and design. (external link)
• Christopher Elnan Kvistad; Vojtech Novotny; Martin Kurz et al. (2019). Safety and Outcomes of Tenecteplase in Moderate and Severe Ischemic Stroke. (external link)
• Mehdi Rezai Kallaj; Rajiv Advani; Ingvild Dalen et al. (2019). Endovascular Thrombectomy in the Elderly: Do Radiological and Clinical Outcomes Differ from Those in Younger Patients? A Prospective Single-Center Experience. (external link)
• Dag Årsland; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz (2010). The epidemiology of dementia Associated with Parkinson's Disease. (external link)
• Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Soffien Chadli Ajmi; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz et al. (2022). Simulation-based team-training in acute stroke: Is it safe to speed up?. (external link)
• Soffien Chadli Ajmi; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz; Hege Langli Ersdal et al. (2021). Cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement project, including simulation-based training, on reducing door-to-needle times in stroke thrombolysis. (external link)
• Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz; Elisabeth Farbu (2013). Acute ischemic stroke - from symptom recognition to thrombolysis. (external link)
• Lars Fjetland; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz (2014). Encouraging and Positive Trend Towards Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Performed by Vascular Interventional Radiologist: Reply. (external link)
• Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Anna Tancin Lambert; Riadh Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Ani et al. (2023). Underlying causes of cryptogenic stroke and TIA in the nordic atrial fibrillation and stroke (NOR-FIB) study – the importance of comprehensive clinical evaluation. (external link)
• Hassan Khan Ahmed; Sara Maria Mathisen; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz et al. (2024). Thrombolysis in wake-up stroke based on MRI mismatch. (external link)
• Hege Vefring; Kristoffer Haugarvoll; Ole-Bjørn Tysnes et al. (2010). The role of APOE alleles in incident Parkinson's disease. The Norwegian ParkWest Study. (external link)
• Caroline Guldberg Fugelli; Hege Langli Ersdal; Soffien Chadli Ajmi et al. (2025). Engaging anaesthesia professionals as co-faculty in stroke thrombectomy simulation training: associations with clinical care and patient outcomes. (external link)
• Anne Hege Aamodt; Erik Taubøll; Tom Eich Ele et al. (2021). Brain monitoring in hospitals needs to be strengthened. (external link)
• Lars Fjetland; Sumit K Roy; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz et al. (2012). Endovascular acute stroke treatment performed by vascular interventional radiologists: Is it safe and efficacious?. (external link)
• Mehdi Rezai Kallaj; Ingvild Dalen; Rajiv Advani et al. (2022). Thrombectomy in large vessel occlusion stroke—Does age matter?. (external link)
• Anna Tancin Lambert; Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Riadh Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Ani et al. (2023). Biomarkers predictive of atrial fibrillation in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Insights from the Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) study. (external link)
• Nicola Logallo; Christopher Elnan Kvistad; Aliona Nacu et al. (2014). The Norwegian tenecteplase stroke trial (NOR-TEST): Randomised controlled trial of tenecteplase vs. alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke. (external link)
• Rajiv Advani; Halvor Næss; Martin Kurz (2017). The golden hour of acute ischemic stroke. (external link)
• Audun Odland; Pål Særvoll; Rajiv Advani et al. (2015). Are the current MRI criteria using the DWI-FLAIR mismatch concept for selection of patients with wake-up stroke to thrombolysis excluding too many patients?. (external link)
• Dag Aarsland; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz (2010). The epidemiology of dementia associated with Parkinson disease. (external link)
• Soffien Chadli Ajmi; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz; Thomas Werner Lindner et al. (2024). Does clinical experience influence the effects of team simulation training in stroke thrombolysis? A prospective cohort study. (external link)
• Thomas Rudolph; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Elisabeth Farbu (2008). Late-onset familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) VAl30Met without family history. (external link)
• Friedrike Fritze; Uwe Ehrt; Hogne Sønnesyn et al. (2011). Depression in mild dementia: associations with diagnosis, APOE genotype and clinical features. (external link)
• Gry Inger N Behzadi; Lars Fjetland; Rajiv Advani et al. (2017). Endovascular stroke treatment in a small-volume stroke center. (external link)
• Nedim Leto; Conrad Arnfinn Bjørshol; Martin Kurz et al. (2023). Prehospital identification of acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion: A retrospective study from western Norway. (external link)
• Rajiv Kishu Advani; Halvor Næss; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz (2016). Mass media intervention in western Norway aimed at improving public recognition of stroke, emergency response, and acute treatment. (external link)
• Olav Søvik; Arnstein Tveiten; Halvor Øygarden et al. (2023). Virtual reality simulation training in stroke thrombectomy centers with limited patient volume—Simulator performance and patient outcome. (external link)
• Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Anna Tancin Lambert; Riadh Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Ani et al. (2023). Prediction of underlying atrial fibrillation in patients with a cryptogenic stroke: results from the NOR-FIB Study. (external link)
• Guido Alves; Kolbjørn S Brønnick; Dag Aarsland et al. (2010). CSF amyloid-beta and tau proteins, and cognitive performance, in early and untreated Parkinson's Disease: the Norwegian ParkWest study. (external link)
• Halvor Næss; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Lars Thomassen et al. (2016). Serial NIHSS scores in patients with acute cerebral infarction. (external link)
• Mehdi Rezai Kallaj; Rajiv Advani; Knut Olav Lende Sandve et al. (2020). Endovascular thrombectomy at low-volume centres: A Bayesian solution. (external link)
• Luca Tomasetti; Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Kjersti Engan et al. (2021). Machine learning algorithms vs. thresholding to segment ischemic regions in patients with acute ischemic stroke. (external link)
• Martin Kurz; Johanna Maria Ospel; Rajiv Advani et al. (2020). Simulation Methods in Acute Stroke Treatment - Current State of Affairs and Implications. (external link)
• Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Anna Tancin Lambert; Riadh Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Ani et al. (2022). Atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and TIA patients in The Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) Study: Main results. (external link)
• Elisabeth Farbu; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz (2011). Ischemic stroke - novel therapeutic strategies. (external link)
• Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Elisabeth Farbu; Sara Maria Bjørnsdotter Wörlund et al. (2011). En-og-en-halv-syndrom. (external link)
• Nicola Logallo; Vojtech Novotny; Jörg Assmus et al. (2017). Tenecteplase versus alteplase for management of acute ischaemic stroke (NOR-TEST): a phase 3, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint trial. (external link)
• Caroline Guldberg Fugelli; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz; Britt Sætre Hansen et al. (2025). Impact of multidisciplinary simulation training on endovascular thrombectomy: Workflow, patient outcomes and anaesthetic management. (external link)
• Caroline Guldberg Fugelli; Britt Sætre Hansen; Hege Langli Ersdal et al. (2025). Unveiling team needs: a qualitative study of simulation training for endovascular cerebral thrombectomy. (external link)
• Sara Mathisen; Jan Petter Larsen; Martin Kurz (2017). The prognosis of stroke survivors primarily discharged to their homes. (external link)
• Lars Fjetland; Sumit K Roy; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz et al. (2013). Neurointerventional Treatment in Acute Stroke. Whom to Treat? (Endovascular Treatment for Acute Stroke: Utility of THRIVE Score and HIAT Score for Patient Selection). (external link)
• Hassan Khan Ahmed; Nicola Logallo; Lars Thomassen et al. (2020). Clinical outcomes and safety profile of Tenecteplase in wake-up stroke. (external link)
• Magnus Sundgot SCHNEIDER; Knut Olav Lende Sandve; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz et al. (2022). Metric based virtual simulation training for endovascular thrombectomy improves interventional neuroradiologists’ simulator performance. (external link)
• Sara Mathisen; Ingvild Dalen; Jan Petter Larsen et al. (2016). Long-term mortality and its risk factors in stroke survivors. (external link)
• Ane Roushan Tharaldsen; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz; Martin Kurz et al. (2023). Volume and Visual Field Defects in Occipital Stroke: The NOR-OCCIP Study. (external link)
• Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Thomas Rudolph; Gabriele Arendt et al. (2008). En 64 år gammel kvinne med mellomørebetennelse, miltinfarkt og pareser. (external link)
• Lars Thomassen; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz; Ole Morten Rønning (2021). Hjerneslag som eget fagfelt. (external link)
• Soffien Chadli Ajmi; Rajiv Advani; Lars Fjetland et al. (2019). Reducing door-to-needle times in stroke thrombolysis to 13 min through protocol revision and simulation training: A quality improvement project in a Norwegian stroke centre. (external link)
• Martin Kurz; Johanna Maria Ospel; Kathinka Dæhli Kurz et al. (2020). Improving stroke care in times of the COVID-19 pandemic through simulation: Practice your protocols!. (external link)
• Nedim Leto; Elisabeth Farbu; Paul Randall Barach et al. (2025). Reducing time delays and enhancing reperfusion eligibility related to stroke suspicion by the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre: a registry-based observational study. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Rajiv Kishu Advani; Gry Inger N Behzadi et al. (2016). Wake-up stroke—Amendable for thrombolysis-like stroke with known onset time?. (external link)
• Mathias Grøan; Johanna Ospel; Soffien Chadli Ajmi et al. (2021). Time-Based Decision Making for Reperfusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke. (external link)
• A.G. Rudd; C. Bladin; P. Carli et al. (2020). Utstein recommendation for emergency stroke care. (external link)
• Kathinka Dæhli Kurz; Geir Ringstad; Audun Odland et al. (2016). Radiological imaging in acute ischaemic stroke. (external link)
• Johanna Maria Ospel; William K. Diprose; Aravind Ganesh et al. (2024). Challenges to Widespread Implementation of Stroke Thrombectomy. (external link)
• Johanna M. Ospel; Adam A. Dmytriw; Robert W. Regenhardt et al. (2022). Recent developments in pre-hospital and in-hospital triage for endovascular stroke treatment. (external link)

Conference poster

• Maud Beate Børresen Halvorsen; Thomas Bailey Tysland; Martin Kurz et al. (2023). Vertigo - the difficult therapy decision in the emergency setting. (external link)
• Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Luca Tomasetti; Kim Mouridsen et al. (2023). The combination of CBV and transit time coefficient variation seems promising in predicting tissue outcome in large vessel occlusion AIS with subsequent recanalization. (external link)
• Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Luca Tomasetti; Kim Mouridsen et al. (2023). In patients with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke, the distribution of CTP capillary transit time heterogeneity voxel values differs in recanalized versus non-recanalized patients. (external link)
• Thomas Bailey Tysland; Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Maud Beate Børresen Halvorsen et al. (2023). Correlation between stroke mimics in IV-thrombolysis and experience levels of neurology registrars in a cohort study from 2017-2020. (external link)
• Olav Søvik; Arnstein Tveiten; Halvor Øygarden et al. (2025). Local or distant thrombectomy: Diagnostic accuracy, treatment rates, timelines, and patient outcomes. (external link)

Media feature article

• Ole Morten Rønning; Maria Kristin Carlsson; Hege Ihle-Hansen et al. (2022). Overvåkning etter akutt hjerneslag bør bli bedre. (external link)
• Elisabeth Farbu; Martin Kurz; Camilla Jacqueline Hansine Normand (2020). Simulering som læringsmetode. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Sara Maria Bjørnsdotter Wörlund; Friedrich Martin W. Kurz; Øivind Hegland et al. (2013). Treatment with statins improves long-term survival in individuals with carotid artery stenosis. (external link)
• Anne Hege Aamodt; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz; Eva Astrid Jacobsen et al. (2018). Indikasjonsstillingen ved trombektomi :. (external link)

Editorial/Leader article

• Rajiv Advani; Soffien Chadli Ajmi; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz (2020). Mechanical thrombectomy: Lessons to be learned from intravenous thrombolysis. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Maud Beate Børresen Halvorsen; Friedrich Martin Wilhelm Kurz et al. (2022). Vertigo - a challenge in acute stroke patients. (external link)
• Liv Jorunn Høllesli; Luca Tomasetti; Mahdieh Khanmohammadi et al. (2022). Kombinasjon av de parametriske CT perfusjonskartene TTP og CoV i pasienter med akutt ischemisk hjerneslag uten storkarsokklusjon predikerer penumbra.. (external link)
• Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel; Anna Tancin Lambert; H Johansen et al. (2019). Hunting for the underlying causes and links: Atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and TIA - The Nordic atrial fibrillation and stroke study (NOR-FIB).. (external link)

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