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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Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion in the Detection of Significant Coronary Artery Disease: Cutoff Values and Diagnostic Accuracy of Quantitative [O-15]H2O PET Imaging (2014)
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Danad I, Uusitalo V, Kero T, Saraste A, Raijmakers PG, Lammertsma AA, Heymans MW, Kajander SA, Pietila M, James S, Sorensen J, Knaapen P, Knuuti J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The functional effects of intramyocardial course of coronary arteries and its relation to coronary atherosclerosis (2014)
- European Heart Journal
V. Uusitalo, A. Saraste, M. Pietila, S. Kajander, M. Maki, J.J. Bax, J. Knuuti; on behalf of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Molecular Imaging in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research
(Other publication)
The use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging as a diagnostic procedure when vasculitis is suspected (2014)
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Salomäki Soile, Taimen Kirsi, Silvola Johanna, Kemppainen Jukka, Hohenthal Ulla, Saraste Antti, Roivainen Anne, Pirilä Laura.
(Other publication)
The year 2013 in the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I (2014)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Edvardsen T, Plein S, Saraste A, Pierard LA, Knuuti J, Maurer G, Lancellotti P.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The year 2013 in the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging: Part II (2014)
- EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging / European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Plein S, Edvardsen T, Pierard LA, Saraste A, Knuuti J, Maurer G, Lancellotti P.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
VEGF-B-induced vascular growth leads to metabolic reprogramming and ischemia resistance in the heart. (2014)
- Embo molecular medicine
Kivelä R1, Bry M, Robciuc MR, Räsänen M, Taavitsainen M, Silvola JM, Saraste A, Hulmi JJ, Anisimov A, Mäyränpää MI, Lindeman JH, Eklund L, Hellberg S, Hlushchuk R, Zhuang ZW, Simons M, Djonov V, Knuuti J, Mervaala E, Alitalo K.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Visualization of pericarditis by flurodeoxyglucose PET (2014)
- European Heart Journal
Salomäki S, Hohenthal U, Kemppainen J, Pirilä L, Saraste A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Brain white matter damage predicts poor short-term outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (2013)
- Intensive Care Medicine
Arola O, Virtanen S, Laitio R, Parkkola R, Hynninen M, Roine RO, Tiainen M, Silvennoinen H, Saunavaara J, Martola J, Valanne L, Airaksinen J, Saraste A, Harjola VP, Wennervirta J, Backlund M, Ylikoski E, Inkinen O, Gronlund J, Silvasti P, Nukarinen E, Varpula M, Niiranen J, Pietila M, Korpi K, Olkkola K, Scheinin H, Laitio T
(Other publication)
Cardiac computed tomography: Is the calcium score index outweighed by noninvasive angiography? (2013)
- Dialogues in cardiovascular medicine
Saraste A., Knuuti J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Combined functional and anatomical imaging for the detection and guiding the therapy of coronary artery disease (2013)
- European Heart Journal
Knuuti J, Saraste A
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )