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Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Director, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Kusano is the Chief Director of Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and also the Director of Division of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology at National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. He is also the affiliate professor of Okayama and Kumamoto University. His medical interest is cardiac clinical electrophysiology (devices, catheter ablation, inherited arrhythmias and cardiac… View more
Makoto Amaki
Dr Makoto Amaki is the Chief Physician in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Heart Failure at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, JP.His clinical expertise includes heart failure management and advanced interventional procedures, with a particular focus on MitraClip therapies.Dr Amaki is a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and an active… View more
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Prof. Ken Okumura served as a Professor of Medicine at Hirosaki University School of Medicine from 1996 to 2016. He also served as a President of the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) from 2012 to 2016. He is now working at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Japan, while providing the latest interventional treatments for cardiac arrhythmias especially catheter ablation of AF… View more
Job title: President Elect, International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
Masatsugu Hori is President Elect of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR). He is also President of Osaka Medical Centre for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, a position he has held since 2008; previously, he was a Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Osaka University. He serves as a Board Director or President for several major… View more
Job title: Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Cardiology
Kim M Fox is a Consultant Cardiologist and Head of the Heart Division at the Royal Brompton Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Cardiology at Imperial College London. He was President of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) from 2006 to 2008, and has also been Treasurer and Secretary of that organisation. Professor Fox has published over 400 papers in leading scientific journals and his… View more
Hiroaki Shimokawa
Job title: Professor and Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Shimokawa graduated from Kyushu University in 1979 and obtained MD and PhD degrees at the University. He studied at the Mayo Clinic in 1985-1987 and was appointed as an assistant professor at Kyushu University in 1991, and then associate professor in 1995. In 2005, he was appointed as the professor and chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku… View more
Sydney Tang
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Chronic Kidney Disease

 Job title: Chair of Renal Medicine and Yu Professor in Nephrology at the University of Hong Kong
Professor Sydney Tang is currently Chair of Renal Medicine and Yu Professor in Nephrology at the University of Hong Kong. He underwent training in nephrology in Hong Kong and in basic research at King’s College London, UK, and the University of Washington, USA. Professor Tang’s research interests revolve around pathogenetic mechanisms underlying diabetic and proteinuric kidney disease, and the… View more
Hiroshi Watanabe
Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Director of the Clinical Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. After graduation from Hokkaido University and getting his medical license, Hiroshi Watanabe started working as a cardiologist in Hamamatsu University Hospital in 1983. He received his PhD in 1988. From 1989-1991 he studied abroad as a research… View more
Alberto Cuocolo
Job title: Director of the Specialisation School in Nuclear Medicine and Chief of the Cardiac Imaging Clinical Center
Alberto Cuocolo is a full professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, researcher and doctor board certified in nuclear medicine and cardiology. He is an expert in the research and clinical application of diagnostic imaging techniques and metabolic therapy. He is the author of over 480 scientific publications. After some years of experiences in the United States, in 1990 he began his… View more
LINC 2025: The EAGLE-Study
Author(s): Naoki Hayakawa Added: 1 month ago
LINC 2025 - Three-year outcomes of drug-coated balloon (DCB) treatment for femoropopliteal (FP) chronic total occlusive (CTO) lesions show low patency rates in patents with multiple independent risk factors for patency loss. However, patients without risk factors achieved acceptable patency rates and clinical outcomes of freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularization, reoclussion… View more

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