Dan Atar

Dan Atar

Professor of Cardiology

University of Oslo, Oslo, NO

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Biography

Prof Dan Atar is Head of Research and Professor of Cardiology at the University of Oslo, Oslo, NO. He studied medicine in Basel and was then trained in internal medicine and cardiology.

Prof Atar joined John Hopkins University in Baltimore (1991–1994) and the University of Copenhagen, where he worked as a senior cardiologist. From 1997 to 1998 Dan Atar served as senior physician, supported by the Cloëtta Foundation of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Zurich.

Prof Atar has written over 480 articles and book chapters (H-index 78) and holds the fellowship-titles FESC, FACC, FEHRA and inaugural FAHA. He served as Chairman of the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. He was on several ESC guideline writing committees, amongst others the 2010, 2012 and 2016 ESC Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation, the 2012 STEMI-Guidelines and the 2018 Universal Definition of AMI. In 2012 Professor Atar was elected as Councilor and Board member, in 2014 as Vice President, and in 2018 as Treasurer of the ESC. 

 

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Media

Fully Digital Self-Screening for Atrial Fibrillation with Patch Electrocardiogram

Edvard Liljedahl Sandberg, Dominik Linz, Dan Atar, et al

Ep.8: How Can CIED Infection Be Prevented?

Dan Atar, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist,

Listen time: 9m 2s
Ep. 3: Why Do Antibiotics Fail With CIED Infection?

Dan Atar, Stefan Hagel,

Listen time: 9m 39s

Dan Atar, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist,

Watch time: 1h 34m 17s (8 videos)
Global Anticoagulant Registry In The Field At ESC 2017

Dan Atar,

Watch time: 2m 54s
ESC 2016: The new 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

Dan Atar,

Watch time: 4m 47s

Articles by Dan Atar, Professor of Cardiology

Neurohormonal Blockade in Heart Failure

Thomas G von Lueder, Dipak Kotecha, Dan Atar, et al

Citation: Cardiac Failure Review 2017;3(1):19–24.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2016:22:2