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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
Gene transfer using vammin induces robust angiogenesis and increases ejection fraction in ischemic porcine myocardium (2013)
European Heart Journal
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Regulation of subcutaneous adipose tissue blood flow during exercise in humans (2013)
Journal of Vascular Research
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Is cardiac magnetic resonance imaging causing DNA damage? (2013)
European Heart Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (2013)
Blood Pressure
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Alternative Imaging Modalities in Ischemic Heart Failure (AIMI-HF) IMAGE HF Project I-A: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2013)
Trials
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on the exchange of glucose and fatty acids in human skeletal muscle. (2013)
Nutrition and Metabolism
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Computation of myocardial blood flow and metabolic rate of O2 in right ventricle at rest and during exercise using H215O and 15O2 PET (2013)
(O2 Muu julkaisu )Is there a relation between changes in training performance and aerobic or anaerobic capacity during two-week high-intensity interval training? Mini-orals PP-PM47 (2013)
(O2 Muu julkaisu )Updated detailed ESC guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, 2012 Actualización detallada de las guías de la ESC para el manejo de la fibrilación auricular de 2012: Actualización de las guías de la Sociedad Europea de Cardiología (ESC) para el manejo de la fibrilación auricular de 2010 Elaborada en colaboración con la Asociación Europea del Ritmo Cardiaco (2013)
Revista Española de Cardiología
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Effects of high-intensity interval training on myocardial vascular function [YIA competitor], oral presentation OP-PM24-3 (2013)
[YIA competitor], oral presentation OP-PM24-3
(O2 Muu julkaisu )