Message From the Editor-in-Chief
Rapid Publication and Announcement of the 2021 JCS Meeting Activities
2021 Volume 85 Issue 4 Pages 331-332
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2021 Volume 85 Issue 4 Pages 331-332
Dear Colleagues,
The 85th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS 2021) was held in Yokohama on March 26–28, 2021 (Congress Chairperson, Yoshihiko Saito, MD, PhD). The Circulation Journal rapidly publishes and announces JCS 2021 activities as follows:
Papers selected for presentation in the Late Breaking Clinical Trials (LBCT) / Late Breaking Cohort Studies (LBCS) sessions in JCS 2021 will be published, after peer review, in the latter half issues of the 2021 Journal. In addition, some of these LBCT / LBCS papers (JCS 2021) were published online along the presentation in order to attract widespread attention of the attendees, as well as readers worldwide.
We are pleased to announce the following JCS Awards that were presented during the JCS 2021 meeting:
1. Sato Award by the Japan Heart Foundation and the JCS (46th)Shinsuke Yuasa, MD, PhD
(Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine)
“The Elucidation of Pathogenesis and the Development of Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases”
2. CPIS (Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy International Symposium) Award (29th)Dai Kusumoto, MD, PhD
(Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine)
“Anti-Senescent Drug Screening by Deep Learning-Based Morphology Senescence Scoring”
3. Cardiovascular Surgery Award (16th)Takaaki Samura, PhD
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
“Laminin-221 Enhances Therapeutic Effects of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived 3-Dimensional Engineered Cardiac Tissue Transplantation in a Rat Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Model”
4. Pediatric Cardiology Award (16th)Shuhei Toba, MD
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine)
“Prediction of Pulmonary to Systemic Flow Ratio in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Using Deep Learning–Based Analysis of Chest Radiographs”
5. Cardiovascular Regeneration Medical Science Award (15th)Experimental Investigator
Sho Tanosaki, MD
(Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine)
“Fatty Acid Synthesis Is Indispensable for Survival of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells”
6. Woman Researcher’s Award (14th)Tomoko Negishi
(Cardiology, Sydney Medical School Nepean, The University of Sydney)
“Cardio-Protection Using Strain-Guided Management of Potentially Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapy: 1-Year Results of The SUCCOUR Randomized Controlled Trial”
7. Cardiovascular Clinical Research Investigator’s Award (10th)Clinical Research Investigator
Nozomi Watanabe, PhD
(Cardiovascular Center, Clinical Laboratory, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital)
“Mechanisms and Prognostic Impact of Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Studies”
Case Report
[First Place]
Yuzo Yamasaki, MD, PhD
(Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)
“A Novel Pulmonary Circulation Imaging Using Dynamic Digital Radiography for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension”
[Second Place] (in alphabetical order)
Takatoyo Kiko, MD
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University)
“Subacute Constrictive Pericarditis Postcardiac Surgery Evaluated by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging”
Tomoya Sato
(Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University)
“Phosphoglyceride Crystal Deposition Disease as a Rare Tumour After Cardiac Surgery”
The final results of the Young Investigator Awards (YIA) Competition, those of the International YIA Competition and those of Comedical Awards will be announced in the May issue of the Journal.
