Juhani
Knuuti
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
Effect of Body Mass Index on Effectiveness of CT versus Invasive Coronary Angiography in Stable Chest Pain: The DISCHARGE Trial (2024)
Radiology
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Polygenic Risk Scores in Predicting Coronary Artery Disease in Symptomatic Patients. A Validation Study (2024)
Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
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Imaging of Myocardial αvβ3Integrin Expression for Evaluation of Myocardial Injury After Acute Myocardial Infarction (2024)
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Smartphone-Based Recognition of Heart Failure by Means of Microelectromechanical Sensors (2024)
JACC: Heart Failure
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Effects of reduced sedentary time on resting, exercise and post-exercise blood pressure in inactive adults with metabolic syndrome – a six-month exploratory RCT (2024)
Journal of Human Hypertension
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Calcium Scoring Improves Clinical Management in Patients With Low Clinical Likelihood of Coronary Artery Disease (2024)
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
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Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predicts Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Stable Chest Pain (2024)
Radiology
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Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Diabetes (2023)
Current Cardiology Reports
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Effects of reducing sedentary behavior on cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with metabolic syndrome: A 6-month RCT (2023)
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
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