Message From the Editor-in-Chief
Announcement of the 2018 JCS Meeting Activities (2)
2018 Volume 82 Issue 5 Pages 1219-1221
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2018 Volume 82 Issue 5 Pages 1219-1221
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of the Circulation Journal, the official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS), I am pleased to further report the JCS 2018Meeting Activities.
JCS 2018 ActivitiesThe JCS 2018 Annual Meeting has been held during March 23–25 in Osaka, Japan. The following winners of the Young Investigator’s Award (YIA), the YIA for International Students and the Co-medical Award have been selected and were awarded during the Meeting. These awards should promote their careers.
1. Young Investigator’s Award (35th)
| Clinical Research |
[First Place]
Kazuma Oyama, MD
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
“Evidence for Enhanced Inflammation of Coronary Adventitia and Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Patients With Vasospastic Angina: A Multi-Modality Imaging Study”
[Second Place] (in alphabetical order)
Takayuki Nakajima, MD, PhD
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University)
“Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated With Coronary Artery Stenosis”
Noriaki Tabata, MD
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Sciences, Kumamoto University)
“Effect of Current and Past Cancer Treatment on Risk of Cardiovascular Events Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Kumamoto University Malignancy and Atherosclerosis (KUMA) Study”
Takashige Tobita, MD
(Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Woman’s Medical University)
“Comprehensive Targeted Sequencing Uncovers the Genetic Basis of Cardiomyopathy and the Genotypes Involved in Prognosis and Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling”
| Basic Research |
[First Place]
Hironori Hara, PhD
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital)
“Discovery of a Small Molecule to Increase Cardiomyocytes and Protect the Heart After Ischemic Injury”
[Second Place] (in alphabetical order)
Yasuhide Kuwabara, MD, PhD
(Molecular Cardiovascular Biology (Jeffery D. Molkentin Lab), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
“A Novel Long Intergenic Noncoding RNA, Lionheart, Underlies Heart Development and Guards the Heart From Pressure Overload”
Kazuaki Maruyama, MD, PhD
(Department of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Graduate School of Researcher Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
“Semaphorin3E-PlexinD1-Mediated Coordination of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels Development in the Heart, With Implications for Coronary Artery Diseases”
Tsunehisa Yamamoto, MD, PhD
(Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine)
“Sirt1 Counteracts Cardiac Lipotoxicity Via Improving Membrane Fatty Acid Composition and Resulting ER Stress-Like Response”
2. Young Investigator’s Award for International Students (16th)[First Place]
Donytra Arby Wardhana, MD (Indonesia)
(Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University GraduateSchool of Medicine, Kobe)
“Family With Sequence Similarity 13, Member A (Fam13a) Preserves Metabolic Health by Regulating Adipocyte Insulin Signaling”
[Second Place] (in alphabetical order)
Tommy Dharmawan, MD (Indonesia)
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi)
“Divergent Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Sodium Channelopathies Exhibiting Brugada Syndrome With Multiple Electrophysiological Phenotypes”
Huan Thanh Nguyen, MD, PhD (Vietnam)
(Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata)
“Small-Vessel Vasculopathy Due to Aberrant Autophagy in LAMP-2 Deficiency”
Limei Piao, MD (China)
(The Department of Community Health & Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya)
“Chronic Psychological Stress Accelerates Vascular Senescence and Impairs Ischemia-Induced Neovascularization: The Role of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4/Glucagon-Like Peptide-1-Adiponectin Axis”
3. Co-medical Award (8th)
| Inspection and Treatment Session |
[First Place]
Nao Yasuda, MSc
(Department of Clinical Engineering, Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital)
“The Impact of Left Atrial Anatomy as a Predictor of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Catheter Ablation”
[Second Place] (in alphabetical order)
Yoko Koike, BSc
(Department of Clinical Laboratory, Minamino Junkanki Hospital)
“Myocardial Fat Accelerates a Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction”
Tsutomu Umezu
(Department of Nursing, Tsukuba University Hospital)
“Sedation and Pain Management Protocol During the Radiofrequency Hot-Balloon Catheter: Identification of the Patient Characteristics With Drug-Resistant Pain During the Procedure”
[Third Place] (in alphabetical order)
Kyoichi Kato, PhD
(Department of Radiology, Showa University Graduate School of Health Sciences)
“Radiation Protection and Dose Reduction Education to a Medical Staff in Team Medical Care”
Ryota Nagumo, BSc
(Department of Clinical Laboratory, Saitamaken Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital)
“The Comparison Between Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation and Cryoballoon Ablation About the Function of Left Atrium by 3-D Echocardiographic in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation”
Jun Yokota
(Department of Medical Engieering, The University of Tokyo Hospital)
“Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Using IVUS and OCT”
| Nursing, Medicine and Rehabilitation Session |
[First Place]
Atsunori Itagaki, MSc
(Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, The Cardiovascular Institute)
“Impact of Frailty and Chronic Kidney Disease on Progression of Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery”
[Second Place] (in alphabetical order)
Goro Fujita, BSc
(Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University Hospital)
“Health Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease Long-Term After Initial Repair is Related to Exercise Tolerance at Anaerobic Threshold Level and Physical Activity Status”
Motoyasu Miyazaki, PhD
(Department of Pharmacy, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital)
“Factors Associated With Medication Non-Adherence in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Receiving Direct Oral Anticoagulants”
[Third Place] (in alphabetical order)
Asami Fujiwara
(Department of Clinical Engineering Management, Fujita Health University Hospital)
“Cardiac Rhythm Device-Detected Physical Activity and Clinical Outcome”
Ryosuke Tsunomori, MSN
(Nursing Department, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
“Two-Year Follow-up of Cardiovascular Events and Physical Activity in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease”
Naoto Usui, BSc
(Department of Rehabilitation, Kisen Hospital)
“Prevention and Management of Intradialytic Hypotension by Using Outcome Indexes of Bicycle Ergometer Stress Testing”
