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
Comparison of the Quantity of Calcium in the Aortic Valve and the Coronary Arteries in Men Versus Women Who Underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (2022)
American Journal of Cardiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
More evidence for prognostic value of quantification of myocardial perfusion (2022)
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Targetting folate receptor-β expressing macrophages by 18F-labelled folate PET radiotracer in rat model of myocardial infarction (2022)
Annual Congress of the European association of nuclear Medicine, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(Vertaisarvioimaton konferenssijulkaisu (B3))
Coronary Calcium Scoring Improves Risk Prediction in Patients With Suspected Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (2022)
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Exploring macrophage mannose receptor expression after myocardial infarction by Al[18F]F-NOTA-DCM positron emission tomography (2022)
European Society of Cardiology, European Heart Journal
(Muu (O2))
Computed tomography angiography versus Agatston score for diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients with stable chest pain: individual patient data meta-analysis of the international COME-CCT Consortium (2022)
European Radiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Speckle-tracking echocardiography for predicting improvement of myocardial contractile function after revascularization: a meta-analysis of prospective trials (2022)
International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Coronary volume to left ventricular mass ratio in patients with diabetes mellitus (2022)
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Huuhaatutka, osa 1: Long covid-hoidot (2022)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Machine learning in defining computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve (2021)
EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))