Sami Kajander

Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. Electronic address:

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November 2017

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

Authors:

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

Int J Cardiol 2016 Dec 28;225:23-29. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu, 20520 Turku, Finland; Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia.

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December 2016

Incidence of persistent renal dysfunction after contrast enhanced coronary CT angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.

Authors:

Teemu Maaniitty Iida Stenström Valtteri Uusitalo Heikki Ukkonen Sami Kajander Jeroen J Bax Antti Saraste Juhani Knuuti

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016 Oct 12;32(10):1567-75. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, P.O. Box 52, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20521, Turku, Finland.

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October 2016

Childhood Psychosocial Factors and Coronary Artery Calcification in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

Authors:

Markus Juonala Laura Pulkki-Råback Marko Elovainio Christian Hakulinen Costan G Magnussen Matthew A Sabin David P Burgner David L Hare Olli Hartiala Heikki Ukkonen Antti Saraste Sami Kajander Nina Hutri-Kähönen Mika Kähönen Irina Rinta-Kiikka Tomi Laitinen Sakari Kainulainen Jorma S A Viikari Olli T Raitakari

JAMA Pediatr 2016 05;170(5):466-72

The Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland21Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

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May 2016

Accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT, Multidetector CT, and MR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cysts: A Prospective Single-Center Study.

Authors:

Saila Kauhanen Irina Rinta-Kiikka Jukka Kemppainen Juha Grönroos Sami Kajander Marko Seppänen Kalle Alanen Risto Gullichsen Pirjo Nuutila Jari Ovaska

J Nucl Med 2015 Aug 4;56(8):1163-8. Epub 2015 Jun 4.

Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

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August 2015

The Functional Effects of Intramural Course of Coronary Arteries and its Relation to Coronary Atherosclerosis.

Authors:

Valtteri Uusitalo Antti Saraste Mikko Pietilä Sami Kajander Jeroen J Bax Juhani Knuuti

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 Jun 14;8(6):697-704. Epub 2015 May 14.

Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Psychology, Nuclear Medicine, and PET, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

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June 2015

Coronary heart disease risk factors, coronary artery calcification and epicardial fat volume in the Young Finns Study.

Authors:

Olli Hartiala Costan G Magnussen Marco Bucci 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

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 Nov 20;16(11):1256-63. Epub 2015 Apr 20.

Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu, 20520 Turku, Finland Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu, 20520 Turku, Finland.

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November 2015

Prospective evaluation of planar bone scintigraphy, SPECT, SPECT/CT, 18F-NaF PET/CT and whole body 1.5T MRI, including DWI, for the detection of bone metastases in high risk breast and prostate cancer patients: SKELETA clinical trial.

Authors:

Ivan Jambor Anna Kuisma Susan Ramadan Riikka Huovinen Minna Sandell Sami Kajander Jukka Kemppainen Esa Kauppila Joakim Auren Harri Merisaari Jani Saunavaara Tommi Noponen Heikki Minn Hannu J Aronen Marko Seppänen

Acta Oncol 2016 2;55(1):59-67. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

d Turku PET Centre , Turku , Finland.

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December 2016

Relative flow reserve derived from quantitative perfusion imaging may not outperform stress myocardial blood flow for identification of hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease.

Authors:

Wijnand J Stuijfzand Valtteri Uusitalo Tanja Kero Ibrahim Danad Mischa T Rijnierse Antti Saraste Pieter G Raijmakers Adriaan A Lammertsma Hans J Harms Martijn W Heymans Marc C Huisman Koen M Marques Sami A Kajander Mikko Pietilä Jens Sörensen Niels van Royen Juhani Knuuti Paul Knaapen

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 Jan;8(1)

From the Departments of Cardiology (W.J.S., I.D., M.T.R., K.M.M., N.v.R., P.K.), Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (P.G.R., A.A.L, H.J.H., M.C.H.), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (M.W.H.), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland (V.U., A.S., S.A.K, M.P., J.K.); and Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Institution of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (T.K., J.S.).

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January 2015

Quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion in the detection of significant coronary artery disease: cutoff values and diagnostic accuracy of quantitative [(15)O]H2O PET imaging.

Authors:

Ibrahim Danad Valtteri Uusitalo Tanja Kero Antti Saraste Pieter G Raijmakers Adriaan A Lammertsma Martijn W Heymans Sami A Kajander Mikko Pietilä Stefan James Jens Sörensen Paul Knaapen Juhani Knuuti

J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Oct;64(14):1464-75

Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland. Electronic address:

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October 2014

Absolute flow or myocardial flow reserve for the detection of significant coronary artery disease?

Authors:

Esa Joutsiniemi Antti Saraste Mikko Pietilä Maija Mäki Sami Kajander Heikki Ukkonen Juhani Airaksinen Juhani Knuuti

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014 Jun 9;15(6):659-65. Epub 2014 Jan 9.

Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, Turku 20520, Finland

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June 2014

The association between coronary flow reserve and development of coronary calcifications: a follow-up study for 11 years in healthy young men.

Authors:

Valtteri Uusitalo Antti Saraste Sami Kajander Matti Luotolahti Maria Wendelin-Saarenhovi Jan Sundell Olli Raitakari Juhani Knuuti

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 Aug 21;14(8):812-8. Epub 2012 Dec 21.

Turku PET Centre, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, Turku 20520, Finland.

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August 2013

Adolescence risk factors are predictive of coronary artery calcification at middle age: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

Authors:

Olli Hartiala Costan G Magnussen 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

J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 Oct 12;60(15):1364-70. Epub 2012 Sep 12.

Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, and Turku PET Center, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

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October 2012