Takashi Shiroto

Nov 14, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kotaro Nochioka |Satoshi Yasuda |Takashi Shiroto |Saori Yamamoto

Background A personal health record (PHR) is an electronic repository of an individual's health information and a valuable tool for personal healthcare and disease management, which is controlled by the individual.1 In patients after myocardial infarction, compared with usual care, implementation of PHRs has resulted in successful outcomes, such as adherence to lifestyle advice and self-control of risk factors in addition to centre-based cardiac rehabilitation.2 However, comprehensive data on...

Apr 16, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Shinsuke Yamanaka |Kotaro Nochioka |Takashi Shiroto |Hideka Hayashi

Introduction Heart failure (HF) with preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous disorder, and various phenotyping approaches have been employed to enhance patient management.1 However, as HFpEF is generally considered a disease of the elderly,2, 3 there is a lack of information regarding younger HFpEF patients.

Mar 21, 2023 | ecrjournal.com | Shigeo Godo |Jun C. Takahashi |Takashi Shiroto |Satoshi Yasuda

Professor Maseri was a pioneer who blazed a trail in the field of coronary vasomotion abnormalities from its dawning age and was one of the most prominent physician-scientists represented in the history of the field.1,2 More than 40 years ago, he demonstrated that myocardial ischaemia can be caused by coronary vasomotion abnormalities, such as coronary vasospasm and distal coronary constriction, even in the absence of fixed obstructive coronary artery disease.3–5 Moreover, he showed that...

Mar 21, 2023 | radcliffecardiology.com | Shigeo Godo |Jun C. Takahashi |Takashi Shiroto |Akira Suda

Biography 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 University.