Juhani
Knuuti
Professor, Turku PET Centre
Director, Turku PET Centre
InFLAMES Flagship
MD, professor, Turku PET Centre
Cardiovascular diseases, imaging
Biography
Juhani Knuuti’s research has focused on the physiology and pathophysiology, diagnosis and new therapies of coronary artery disease, heart failure and metabolic diseases. The research is also focused on developing and utilizing novel noninvasive imaging methods (PET, SPECT, echocardiography, MRI and CT) that will help to determine the risk and severity of CHD and heart failure and provide guidance for therapy decisions. The recent focus in cardiac research has been on vulnerable plaques, cardiac remodelling and multimodality and hybrid imaging. In metabolic and diabetes research, the focus has been in the interactions between different organs and heart in the pathogenesis and development of the cardiac diseases.
Publications
Sex differences in plaque burden and outcomes in symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease (2026)
International Journal of Cardiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Association of high-risk CT coronary artery plaque features with major adverse cardiovascular events: a prespecified secondary analysis of the DISCHARGE trial (2026)
European Radiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
The time-varying prognostic value of stenosis and plaque burden in coronary artery disease (2026)
EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Patient-centric performance and interpretation of positron emission tomography /computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology (2026)
European heart journal : imaging methods and practice
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Changes in hemoglobin levels and cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome – a secondary outcome analysis of a six-month randomized controlled trial (2026)
Annals of Medicine
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Automated long axial field of view PET image processing and kinetic modelling with the TurBO toolbox (2026)
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Coronary atherosclerosis on AI-based plaque analysis in patients with chest pain and calcium score zero (2026)
International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Lipid-Lowering Medication and Outcomes After Anatomical and Functional Imaging in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease (2025)
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
CCTA-Derived coronary plaque burden offers enhanced prognostic value over CAC scoring in suspected CAD patients (2025)
EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Successfully Reducing Sitting Time Can Improve Metabolic Flexibility (2025)
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )