Bilde av Eltoft, Agnethe
Bilde av Eltoft, Agnethe
Department of Clinical Medicine agnethe.eltoft@uit.no

Agnethe Eltoft


Associate Professor

Job description

Associate professsor at Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiT and neurologist at the University Hospital of North-Norway. ember of Brain and Circulation Research Group


  • Agnethe Eltoft, Tom Wilsgaard, Melinda Berg Roaldsen, Mary-Helen Søyland, Erik Lundström, Jesper Petersson et al.:
    Statistical analysis plan for the randomized controlled trial Tenecteplase in Wake-up Ischaemic Stroke Trial (TWIST)
    Trials 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Melinda Berg Roaldsen, Agnethe Eltoft, Tom Wilsgaard, Hanne Christensen, Stefan T. Engelter, Bent Indredavik et al.:
    Safety and efficacy of tenecteplase in patients with wake-up stroke assessed by non-contrast CT (TWIST): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet Neurology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Christopher Elnan Kvistad, Halvor Næss, Bernt Harald Helleberg, Titto Idicula, Guri Hagberg, Linn Marie Nordby et al.:
    Tenecteplase versus alteplase for the management of acute ischaemic stroke in Norway (NOR-TEST 2, part A): a phase 3, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint, non-inferiority trial
    Lancet Neurology 04. May 2022 DOI
  • Mary-Helen Søyland, Arnstein Tveiten, Agnethe Eltoft, Halvor Øygarden, Torunn Varmdal, Bent Indredavik et al.:
    Wake-up stroke and unknown-onset stroke; occurrence and characteristics from the nationwide Norwegian Stroke Register
    European Stroke Journal 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Melinda Berg Roaldsen, Haakon Lindekleiv, Agnethe Eltoft, Mirza Jusufovic, Mary-Helen Søyland, Jesper Petersson et al.:
    Tenecteplase in wake-up ischemic stroke trial: Protocol for a randomized-controlled trial
    International Journal of Stroke 14. January 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Agnethe Eltoft, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Tom Wilsgaard, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Stein Harald Johnsen :
    Interleukin-6 is an independent predictor of progres sive atherosclerosis in the carotid artery: The Tromsø Study
    Atherosclerosis 2018 DOI
  • Agnethe Eltoft, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Tom Wilsgaard, John-Bjarne Hansen, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Stein Harald Johnsen :
    Joint Effect of Carotid Plaque and C-Reactive Protein on First-Ever Ischemic Stroke and Myocardial Infarction?
    Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Agnethe Eltoft, Kjell Arne Arntzen, John-Bjarne Hansen, Tom Wilsgaard, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Stein Harald Johnsen :
    C-reactive protein in atherosclerosis - A risk marker but not a causal factor? A 13-year population-based longitudinal study: The Tromsø study C-reactive protein in atherosclerosis - A risk marker but not a causal factor? A 13-year population-based longitudinal study: The Tromsø study.
    Atherosclerosis 2017 DOI
  • Danni Zheng, Shoichiro Sato, Hisatomi Arima, Emma Heeley, Candice Delcourt, Yongjun Cao et al.:
    Estimated GFR and the effect of intensive blood pressure lowering after acute intracerebral hemorrhage
    American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2016 DOI
  • Ole Morten Rønning, Maria Kristin Carlsson, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Anne Hege Aamodt, Arnstein Tveiten, Agnethe Eltoft et al.:
    Overvåkning etter akutt hjerneslag bør bli bedre
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2022 DOI
  • Anne Hege Aamodt, Erik Taubøll, Tom Eich Ele, Luis Georg Romundstad, Angelika Sorteberg, Sean Ciaran Wallace et al.:
    Brain monitoring in hospitals needs to be strengthened
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2021 DOI
  • Agnethe Eltoft, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Tom Wilsgaard, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Stein Harald Johnsen :
    Corrigendum to “Interleukin-6 is an independent predictor of progressive atherosclerosis in the carotid artery: The Troms? study” [Atherosclerosis 271 (April 2018) 1-8]
    Atherosclerosis 2018 DOI
  • Agnethe Eltoft :
    C-reactive protein and other circulating biomarkers in carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease The Tromsø Study 1994-2013
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018

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    Research interests

    Stroke and cerebro-vascular disorders; epidemiology, acute treatment, biomarkers and imaging in stroke and vascular diseases

    Teaching

    Teaches clinical neurology. Superviser for master and ph.d. students.