Alex Hørby Christensen

Alex Hørby Christensen

Clinical Associate Professor

Member of:

  • Internal medicine: Cardiology


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Complex effects of sequence variants on lipid levels and coronary artery disease

    Snaebjarnarson, A. S., Helgadottir, A., Arnadottir, G. A., Ivarsdottir, E. V., Thorleifsson, G., Ferkingstad, E., Einarsson, G., Sveinbjornsson, G., Thorgeirsson, T. E., Ulfarsson, M. O., Halldorsson, B. V., Olafsson, I., Erikstrup, C., Pedersen, O. B., Nyegaard, M., Bruun, M. T., Ullum, H., Brunak, S., Iversen, K. K., Christensen, A. H. & 14 others, Olesen, Morten Steen Salling, Ghouse, Jonas, Banasik, Karina, Knowlton, K. U., Arnar, D. O., Thorgeirsson, G., Nadauld, L., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Bundgård, Henning, Holm, H., Sulem, P., Stefansson, K., Gudbjartsson, D. F. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2023, In: Cell. 186, 19, p. 4085-4099.e15

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  3. Published

    Dyslipidemia, inflammation, calcification, and adiposity in aortic stenosis: a genome-wide study

    Wells, Q. S., Söderberg, S., Stefánsson, K., Schott, J., Rader, D. J., Clarke, R., Engert, J. C., Thanassoulis, G. & Therapeutic targets for AoRtic stenosis using GEneTics (TARGET) Consortium, T. T. F. A. S. U. G. (. C., 2023, In: European Heart Journal. 44, 21, p. 1927-1939 13 p.

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  4. Published

    Electrocardiographic characteristics of newborns with ventricular septal defects: a Copenhagen Baby Heart Study

    Pihl, C., Pærregaard, M. M., Sillesen, A. S., Vøgg, R. O. B., Pietersen, A., Raja, A. A., Iversen, Kasper, Bundgård, Henning & Christensen, Alex Hørby, 2023, In: European Journal of Pediatrics. 182, 11, p. 5149-5158 10 p.

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  5. Published

    Genetic variants associated with syncope implicate neural and autonomic processes

    Aegisdottir, H. M., Thorolfsdottir, R. B., Sveinbjornsson, G., Stefansson, O. A., Gunnarsson, B., Tragante, V., Thorleifsson, G., Stefansdottir, L., Thorgeirsson, T. E., Ferkingstad, E., Sulem, P., Norddahl, G., Rutsdottir, G., Banasik, K., Christensen, A. H., Mikkelsen, C., Pedersen, O. B., Brunak, S., Bruun, M. T., Erikstrup, C. & 26 others, Jacobsen, R. L., Nielsen, K. R., Sorensen, E., Frigge, M. L., Hjorleifsson, K. E., Ivarsdottir, E., Helgadottir, A., Gretarsdottir, S., Steinthorsdottir, V., Oddsson, A., Eggertsson, H. P., Halldorsson, G. H., Jones, D. A., Anderson, J. L., Knowlton, K. U., Nadauld, L. D., DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. B. D. S. G. C., Haraldsson, M., Thorgeirsson, G., Bundgård, Henning, Arnar, D. O., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Ostrowsk, S. R., Holm, H. & Stefansson, K., 2023, In: European Heart Journal. 44, 12, p. 1070–1080 12 p.

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  6. Published

    Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies risk loci for abdominal aortic aneurysm and highlights PCSK9 as a therapeutic target

    Roychowdhury, T., Klarin, D., Levin, M. G., Spin, J. M., Rhee, Y. H., Deng, A., Headley, C. A., Tsao, N. L., Gellatly, C., Zuber, V., Shen, F., Hornsby, W. E., Laursen, I. H., Verma, S. S., Locke, A. E., Einarsson, G., Thorleifsson, G., Graham, S. E., Dikilitas, O., Pattee, J. W. & 74 others, Judy, R. L., Pauls-Verges, F., Nielsen, J. B., Wolford, B. N., Brumpton, B. M., Dilmé, J., Peypoch, O., Juscafresa, L. C., Edwards, T. L., Li, D., Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Jacobsen, Rikke Vita Borre, Garcia-Barrio, M. T., Zhang, J., Rasmussen, L. M., Lee, R., Handa, A., Wanhainen, A., Mani, K., Lindholt, J. S., Obel, L. M., Strauss, E., Oszkinis, G., Nelson, C. P., Saxby, K. L., van Herwaarden, J. A., van der Laan, S. W., van Setten, J., Camacho, M., Davis, F. M., Wasikowski, R., Tsoi, L. C., Gudjonsson, J. E., Eliason, J. L., Coleman, D. M., Henke, P. K., Ganesh, S. K., Chen, Y. E., Guan, W., Pankow, J. S., Pankratz, N., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Erikstrup, C., Tang, W., Hveem, K., Gudbjartsson, D., Gretarsdottir, S., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Holm, H., Stefansson, K., Ferreira, M. A., Baras, A., Kullo, I. J., Ritchie, M. D., Christensen, Alex Hørby, Iversen, Kasper, Eldrup, Nikolaj, Sillesen, Henrik, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Bundgård, Henning, Ullum, H., Burgess, S., Gill, D., Gallagher, K., Sabater-Lleal, M., Dudbridge, F., Samani, N. J., Surakka, I., Jones, G. T., Bown, M. J., Tsao, P. S., Willer, C. J. & Damrauer, S. M., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, p. 1831–1842 13 p.

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  7. Published

    The Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern in neonates: results from a large population-based cohort study

    Pærregaard, M. M., Hartmann, J., Sillesen, A., Pihl, C., Dannesbo, S., Kock, T. O., Pietersen, A., Raja, A. A., Iversen, Kasper, Bundgård, Henning & Christensen, Alex Hørby, 2023, In: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology. 25, 7, 8 p.

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  8. Published

    Timing of cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in patients with cardiac laminopathies — External validation of the LMNA-risk ventricular tachyarrhythmia calculator

    Rootwelt-Norberg, C., Christensen, Alex Hørby, Skjølsvik, E. T., Chivulescu, M., Vissing, C. R., Bundgård, Henning, Aabel, E. W., Bogsrud, M. P., Hasselberg, N. E., Lie, Ø. H. & Haugaa, K. H., 2023, In: Heart Rhythm. 20, 3, p. 423-429

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  9. 2022
  10. Published

    Cardiotoxicity in metastatic melanoma patients treated with BRAF and MEK inhibitors in a real-world setting

    Pedersen, S., Larsen, K. O., Christensen, Alex Hørby, Svane, Inge Marie, Zerahn, B. & Ellebaek, E., 2022, In: Acta Oncologica. 61, 1, p. 45-51

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  11. Published

    Carriers of COL3A1 pathogenic variants in Denmark: Interfamilial variability in severity and outcome of elective surgical procedures

    Sølyst, S., Oksjoki, R., Farholt, S., Nielsen, D. G., Christensen, Alex Hørby, Fagerberg, C. R., Risom, L., Gregersen, P. A., Christensen, M. B., Rasmussen, T. B. & Diness, Birgitte Rode, 2022, In: Clinical Genetics. 102, 3, p. 191-200

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  12. Published

    Cholesterol not particle concentration mediates the atherogenic risk conferred by apolipoprotein B particles - A Mendelian randomization analysis

    Helgadottir, A., Thorleifsson, G., Snaebjarnarson, A., Stefansdottir, L., Sveinbjornsson, G., Tragante, V., Björnsson, E., Steinthorsdottir, V., Gretarsdottir, S., Helgason, H., Saemundsdottir, J., Olafsson, I., Thune, J. J., Axelsson Raja, A., Ghouse, J., Olesen, M. S., Christensen, A., Jacobsen, R. L., Dowsett, J., Bruun, M. T. & 18 others, Nielsen, K., Knowlton, K., Nadauld, L., Benediktsson, R., Erikstrup, C., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Bundgård, Henning, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Sulem, P., Arnar, D. O., Thorgeirsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Stefansson, K., Holm, H. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2022, In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 29, 18, p. 2374–2385

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