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
Parannamme kaikki syövät vuoden kuluttua! (2019)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Amyloid-Targeting PET Tracer [18F]Flutemetamol Accumulates in Atherosclerotic Plaques (2019)
Molecules
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Standardization of PET MBF Quantification through Development of a One-for-all Software Tool (2019)
32nd Annual Congress of the European-Association-of-Nuclear-Medicine (EANM), European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(Muu (O2))
Determinants of Myocardial Strain in Experimental Chronic Myocardial Infarction (2019)
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
CTCA based assessment of endothelial shear stress and functional significance of coronary lesions: relationship and comparative performance in predicting impaired vasodilating capability by PET myocardial perfusion imaging (2019)
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(Muu (O2))
Jooga, mindfulness ja meditaatio auttavat sairauksissa? (2019)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Data on the impact of scan quality on the diagnostic performance of CCTA, SPECT, and PET for diagnosing myocardial ischemia defined by fractional flow reserve on a per vessel level (2019)
Data in Brief
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Tiedebarometri 2019 kertoo, että tieteeseen luotetaan yhä enemmän, mutta... (2019)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Cardiac troponin elevations in marathon runners. Role of coronary atherosclerosis and skeletal muscle injury. The MaraCat Study (2019)
International Journal of Cardiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The Year in Cardiology 2018: imaging (2019)
European Heart Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))