MD, PhD, FEACVI Haitham Ballo - UTU Research Portal

Haitham Ballo
MD, PhD, FEACVI

Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

haitham.ballo@utu.fi

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1104-7125

Areas of expertise

Cardiac imaging, Coronary artery, disease Heart failure

Publications

Evaluation of myocardial work indices during targeted temperature management in cardiac arrest patients (2025)
- European heart journal open
Ballo, Haitham; Saraste, Antti; Laitio, Ruut; Arola, Olli ; Airaksinen, Juhani; Pietilä, Mikko; Harjola, Veli-Pekka; Varpula, Marjut; Vahlberg, Tero; Laitio, Timo
(Abstract)
The relationships between non-invasive myocardial work indices, myocardial blood flow and viability determined by PET (2025)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo, Haitham, Nammas, Wail; Paunonen, Christian; Teuho, Jarmo; Siekkinen, Reetta; Li, Xiang-Guo; Roivainen, Anne; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti
(Abstract)
Trajectories and determinants of myocardial work indices in patients with acute myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (2025)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo, Haitham; Nammas, Wail; Paunonen, Christian; Teuho, Jarmo; Siekkinen, Reetta; Li, Xiang-Guo; Roivainen, Anne; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti

(Abstract)
18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (2024)
- European Heart Journal
Salminen, Linnea; Ballo, Haitham; Maaniitty,Teemu; Vasankari, Tuija; Elnammas, Wail; Knuuti, Juhani; Hohenthal, Ulla; Saraste, Antti
(Abstract)
Factors predictive of extensive use of CPAP treatment in obstructive sleep apnoea (2024)
- Sleep and Breathing
Doghman, Fatma; Ballo, Haitham; Anttalainen, Ulla; Saaresranta, Tarja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effects of myocardial bridging on two-dimensional myocardial strain during dobutamine stress echocardiography (2024)
- International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo, Haitham; Uusitalo, Valtteri; Pietilä, Mikko; Wendelin-Saarenhovi, Maria; Saraste, Markku; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Diagnostic performance of somatostatin receptor imaging by PET/CT in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo, Haitham; Doghman, Fatma; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti
(Abstract)
Speckle-tracking echocardiography for predicting improvement of myocardial contractile function after revascularization: a meta-analysis of prospective trials (2023)
- International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo Haitham, Doghman Fatma, Hartikainen Juha, Saraste Antti, Knuuti Juhani
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effect of Inhaled Xenon on Cardiac Function in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest—A Substudy of the Xenon in Combination With Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Trial (2021)
- Critical Care Explorations
Saraste Antti, Ballo Haitham, Arola Olli, Laitio Ruut, Airaksinen Juhani, Hynninen Marja, Bäcklund Minna, Ylikoski Emmi, Wennervirta Johanna, Pietil Mikko, Roine Risto O., Harjola Veli-Pekka, Niiranen Jussi, Korpi Kirsi, Varpula Marjut, Scheinin Harry, Maze Mervyn, Vahlberg Tero, Laitio Timo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Diagnostic performance of advanced cardiac imaging for detection of cardiac sarcoidosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
- European Heart Journal
Ballo, Haitham; Saraste, Antti; Doghman, Fatma; Knuuti, Juhani
(Abstract)
Evaluation viability in patients with ventricular dysfunction by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography: the impact of low dose dobutamine. A meta-analysis of prospective trials (2020)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo, Haitham; Doghman, Fatma; Saraste, Antti; Knuuti, Juhani
(Abstract)
The functional effects of intramural course of coronary arteries by two-dimensional speckle-tracking dobutamine stress (2020)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Ballo, Haitham; Uusitalo, Valtteri; Luotolahti, Matti; Pietilä, Mikko; Wendelin-Saarenhovi, Maria; Hartiala, Jaakko; Saraste, Markku; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti
(Poster)
Determinants of Myocardial Strain in Experimental Chronic Myocardial Infarction (2019)
- Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Haitham Ballo, Miikka Tarkia, Matti Haavisto, Christoffer Stark, Marjatta Strandberg, Tommi Vähäsilta, Virva Saunavaara, Tuula Tolvanen, Ville-Veikko Hynninen, Timo Savunen, Anne Roivainen, Juhani Knuuti, Antti Saraste
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Impact of a decreasing pre-test probability on the performance of diagnostic tests for coronary artery disease (2019)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Juarez-Orozco L.E., Saraste A., Capodanno D., Prescott E., Ballo H., Bax J.J., Wijns W., Knuuti J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The performance of non-invasive tests to rule-in and rule-out significant coronary artery stenosis in patients with stable angina: a meta-analysis focused on post-test disease probability (2018)
- European Heart Journal
Juhani Knuuti, Haitham Ballo, Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco, Antti Saraste, Philippe Kolh, Anne Wilhelmina Saskia Rutjes, Peter Jüni, Stephan Windecker, Jeroen J Bax, William Wijns
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Accuracy of echocardiographic area-length method in chronic myocardial infarction: comparison with cardiac CT in pigs (2017)
- Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Ballo H, Tarkia M, Haavisto M, Stark C, Strandberg M, Vahasilta T, Saunavaara V, Tolvanen T, Teras M, Hynninen VV, Savunen T, Roivainen A, Knuuti J, Saraste A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)