Cardiology
Outline
Recent increases of life-style related diseases such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes promote atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease rapidly, and the expansion of the elderly population also increases the number of patients with impaired cardiac function. We have adapted modern knowledge and techniques in cardiovascular medicine to diagnose and treat these disorders. Through these activities, we have investigated the etiology and pathophysiology of these diseases, and conducted a series of studies in order to develop and establish new diagnostic or therapeutic approaches.
e-mail: cardiol@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
Faculty
Research Achievements
Miharu Masaki, Minoru Wakasa, Yuki Kuzume, Jun Sawaguchi, Takaaki Takamura, Kosuke Fujibayashi, Tamaki Takano, Kouji Kajinami : Successful Treatment of Infective Endocarditis at 33 Weeks' Gestation Causing Acute Left Heart Failure : Clinical Case Reports 13 ; e70453, 2025
Minoru Wakasa, Chihiro Nakagawa, Taka-aki Takamura, Kosuke Fujibayashi, Hironobu Akao, Michihiko Kitayama, Akira Shimizu, Yo Nida, Kouji Kajinami : A male patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum caused by isodisomy of chromosome 16 containing a nonsense variant of the ABCC6 gene : A quarter-century treatment experience : Atherosclerosis Plus 60 (2025) 1-5
Yuki Kuzume, Kosuke Fujibayashi, Kai Tanaka, Jun Sawaguchi, Ei-Ichi Ueno, Nakaba Fujioka, Yasuyuki Kawai, Kouji Kajinami : Circulating type Ⅳ collagen 7S concentrations are associated with left atrial remodeling indices in patients with atrial fibrillation : Journal of International Medical Research 53(2) : 1-14, 2025
Yasuhiko Saeki, Jun Sawaguchi, Satori Akita, Takaaki Takamura, Kosuke Fujibayashi, Minoru Wakasa, Hironobu Akao, Michihiko Kitayama, Yasuyuki Kawai, Kouji Kajinami : Initial decrease in the lipoprotein(a) level is a novel prognostic biomarker in patients with acute coronary syndrome : World Journal of Cardiology 16(6):329-338, 2024
Satori Akita, Kosuke Fujibayashi, Ei-ichi Ueno, Minoru Wakasa, Yasuyuki Kawai, Kouji Kajinami : Thrombotic Microangiopathy after a 15-year Treatment with Interferon Beta-1b in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis : A Case Report and Review of Literature : Internal Medicine 63: 1113-1117, 2024
External Research Funding
2021~2024 Akao H. Exploring the novel metabolites targeting advanced calcified coronary artery lesions