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Juhani
Knuuti
Director, Turku PET Centre
InFLAMES Flagship
MD, professor, Turku PET Centre
Cardiovascular diseases, imaging

Contact

+358 29 450 2345
+358 50 059 2998
Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8
20520
Turku

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

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Life-course risk factor levels and coronary artery calcification. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2016)

International Journal of Cardiology
Olli Hartiala, Sami Kajander, Juhani Knuuti, Heikki Ukkonen, Antti Saraste, Irina Rinta-Kiikka, Sakari Kainulainen, Mika Kähönen , Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Tomi Laitinen, Terho Lehtimäki, Jorma S.A. Viikari , Jaakko Hartiala, Markus Juonala, Olli T. Raitakari, Costan G. Magnussen
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Effect of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Myocardial Ischemia on Plasma Levels of High-Sensitivity Troponin T and NT-proBNP in Patients With Stable Angina (2016)

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Chiara Caselli, Concetta Prontera, Riccardo Liga, Michiel A. De Graaf, Oliver Gaemperli, Valentina Lorenzoni, Rosetta Ragusa, Martina Marinelli, Silvia Del Ry, Daniele Rovai, Daniela Giannessi, Santiago Aguade-Bruix, Alberto Clemente, Jeroen J. Bax, Massimo Lombardi, Rosa Sicari, José Zamorano, Arthur J. Scholte, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Juhani Knuuti, S. Richard Underwood, Aldo Clerico, Danilo Neglia
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))