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
Corrigendum to ‘2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2017;52:616-664] (2017)
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
(Muu (O2))
Ravintolisätkö vaarattomia? (2017)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
18-kDa translocator protein ligand 18F-FEMPA: Biodistribution and uptake into atherosclerotic plaques in mice (2017)
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Positron emission tomography tracer [68Ga]NODAGA-Exendin-4 detects glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expression in mouse atherosclerotic vascular lesions (2017)
Atherosclerosis
(Muu (O2))
Comparison of Ga-68-DOTA-Siglec-9 and F-18-Fluorodeoxyribose-Siglec-9: Inflammation Imaging and Radiation Dosimetry (2017)
Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Biohakkerointi – Onko itsensä mittaamisessa järkeä? (2017)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Variability of radiation doses of cardiac diagnostic imaging tests: the RADIO-EVINCI study (RADIationdOse subproject of the EVINCI study) (2017)
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Association Between Posterior Left Atrial Adipose Tissue Mass and Atrial Fibrillation (2017)
Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Uskomushoidettu syöpä tappaa useammin (2017)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Decreased insulin-stimulated brown adipose tissue glucose uptake after short-term exercise training in healthy middle-aged men (2017)
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))