MD, PhD, FESC Antti Saraste - UTU Research Portal

Antti Saraste
MD, PhD, FESC

- Professor,
Internal Medicine (Department of Clinical Medicine)
- ,
InFLAMES Flagship (Faculty of Medicine)

Heart Center, Turku University Hospital

antsaras@utu.fi

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2488-0893

Areas of expertise

Cardiology; Imaging; Diagnostics; Coronary artery disease; Heart failure, Valvular heart disease

Biography

Medical Doctor 2000, Univeristy of Turku; PhD 2000 University of Turku; Associate Professor (tenure track) 2012, University of Turku; Professor 2020, University of Turku; Specialist in Cardiology 2007, University of Turku

Research

Multi modality imaging of cardiovascular diseases

Teaching

Cardiology, Cardiac imaging

Publications

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The time-varying prognostic value of stenosis and plaque burden in coronary artery disease (2026)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Jukema, Ruurt A.; Maaniitty, Teemu; Nurmohamed, Nick S.; Raijmakers, Pieter G.; Hoek, Roel; Driessen, Roel S.; Planken, R. Nils; Twisk, Jos; van der Harst, Pim; Cramer, Maarten J.; Saraste, Antti; Knaapen, Paul; Knuuti, Juhani; Danad, Ibrahim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Translational perspective on myocardial αvβ3-integrin imaging after infarction (2026)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Dietz, Matthieu; Kamani, Christel H.; Dunet, Vincent; Nammas, Wail; Saraste, Antti; Knuuti, Juhani; Prior, John O.
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
[18F]Fluoronicotinic-Acid-Conjugated Folate as a Novel Candidate Positron Emission Tomography Tracer for Inflammation (2025)
- ACS Omega
Zhuang, Xiaoqing; Kunnas, Jonne; Ekwe, David; Bakay, Emel; Dillemuth, Pyry; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Iqbal, Imran; Rajander, Johan; Low, Philip S.; Knuuti, Juhani; Rosenholm, Jessica M.; Saraste, Antti; Roivainen, Anne; Li, Xiang-Guo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
CCTA-Derived coronary plaque burden offers enhanced prognostic value over CAC scoring in suspected CAD patients (2025)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Dahdal, Jorge; Jukema, Ruurt A; Maaniitty, Teemu; Nurmohamed, Nick S; Raijmakers, Pieter G; Hoek, Roel; Driessen, Roel S; Twisk, Jos W R; Bär, Sarah; Planken, R Nils; van Royen, Niels; Nijveldt, Robin; Bax, Jeroen J; Saraste, Antti; van Rosendael, Alexander R; Knaapen, Paul; Knuuti, Juhani; Danad Ibrahim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Clinical likelihood models calibrated against observed obstructive coronary artery disease on computed tomography angiography (2025)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Rasmussen, Laust D.; Schmidt, Samuel Emil; Knuuti, Juhani; Spiro, Jon; Rajwani, Adil; Lopes, Pedro M.; Lima, Maria Rita; Ferreira, Antonio M.; Maaniitty, Teemu; Saraste, Antti; Newby, David; Douglas, Pamela S.; Bottcher, Morten; Baskaran, Lohendran; Winther, Simon
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Comparing Two Folate Receptor β-Targeted Tracers in a Rat Model of Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis (2025)
- ACS pharmacology & translational science
Atencio Herre, Erika; Li, Xiang-Guo; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Palani, Senthil; Andriana, Putri; Jahandideh, Arghavan; Virta, Jenni; Iqbal, Imran; Dillemuth, Pyry; Kunnas, Jonne; Miner, Maxwell W.G.; Rajander, Johan; Mansour A Mansour, Hasan; Cleveland, Nathan A.; Srinivasarao, Madduri; Low, Philip S.; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti; Roivainen, Anne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Contemporary, non-invasive imaging diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease (2025)
- Lancet
van der Bijl, Pieter; Gulati, Martha; Saraste, Antti; Marwick, Thomas; Kwong, Raymond; Blankstein, Ron; Nieman, Koen; Sengupta, Partho P.; van Rosendael, Alexander; Knuuti, Juhani; Bangalore, Sripal; Bax, Jeroen J.
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Derivation and validation of an artificial intelligence-based plaque burden safety cut-off for long-term acute coronary syndrome from coronary computed tomography angiography (2025)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Bar, Sarah; Knuuti, Juhani; Saraste, Antti; Klen, Riku; Kero, Tanja; Nabeta, Takeru; Bax, Jeroen J.; Danad, Ibrahim; Nurmohamed, Nick S.; Jukema, Ruurt A.; Knaapen, Paul; Maaniitty, Teemu
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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)
Exercise training partly ameliorates cardiac dysfunction in mice during doxorubicin treatment of breast cancer (2025)
- Journal of Translational Medicine
Uurasmaa, Tytti-Maria; Bourdin, Pauline; Nammas, Wail; Latifi, Shiva; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Saraste, Antti; Eskola, Olli; Rajander, Johan; Roivainen, Anne; Rundqvist, Helene; Autio, Anu; Heinonen, Ilkka; Anttila, Katja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)