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
Professor and Chair
Professor
KITAYAMA Michihiko
Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Senior Assistant Professor
Senior Assistant Professor
SAITO Ryuhei
Senior Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
AOKI Hirofumi
Assistant Professor
TAKANO Shintaro
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Achievements
Shintaro Takano, Kousuke Fujibayashi, Nakaba Fujioka, Ei-ichi Ueno, Minoru Wakasa, Yasuyuki Kawai, Kouji Kajinami : Circulating Glutamate and Taurine Levels Are Associated with the Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation, Disease Markers, 2016: 1-7,2016
K.Tanabe, Y.Kawai, M.Kitayama, H.Akao, R.Ishida, A.Motoyama, M.Wakasa, R.Saito, H.Aoki, K.Fujibayashi, M.Watanabe, T.Tsuchiya, H.Kimura, K.Yoshida, K.Kajinami：Increased levels of the oxidative stress marker, nitrotyrosine in patients with provocation test-induced coronary vasospasm，J. Cardiol.，64:86-90，2014.
H.Akao, E.Polisecki, EJ.Schaefer, S.Trompet, M.Robertson, I.Ford, JW.Jukema, AJ.de Craen, C.Packard, BM.Buckley, K.Kajinami：ABCA1 gene variation and heart disease risk reduction in the elderly during pravastatin treatment，Atherosclerosis，235:176-181，2014.
R.Saito, K.Takeda, K.Yamamoto, A.Nakagawa, H.Aoki, K.Fujibayashi, M.Wakasa, A.Motoyama, M.Iwadare, R.Ishida, N.Fujioka, T.Tsuchiya, H.Akao, Y.Kawai, M.Kitayama, K.Kajinami：Nutri-pharmacogenomics of warfarin anticoagulation therapy : VKORC1 genotype-dependent influence of dietary vitamin K intake，J. Thromb. Thrombolysis.，38:105-114，2014.
H.Aoki, I.Matsunari, Y.Nomura, W.Fujita, R.Komatsu, Y.Miyazaki, SG.Nekolla, K.Kajinami：Myocardial sympathetic innervation, function, and oxidative metabolism in non-infarcted myocardium in patients with prior myocardial infarction，Ann. Nucl. Med.，27:523-531，2013.
External Research Funding
2013～ Kajinami K. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2011～2013 Kawai Y. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2009～2010 Kajinami K. The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) project.
2008～2010 Kawai Y. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2008～2009 Takeda K. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research