Dr. Shimokawa graduated from Kyushu University in 1979 and obtained MD and PhD degrees at the University. He studied vascular biology at the Mayo Clinic in 1985-1987 and was appointed as an assistant professor of 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. In 2020, he was appointed as the Vice Dean of Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare, while he also serves as visiting professor at Tohoku University.
He has performed a number of innovative translational research in both basic and clinical cardiovascular medicine, including coronary functional abnormalities (e.g. coronary vasospasm and microvascular angina), endothelial functions, development of innovative treatments with sound waves, and epidemiological studies on coronary artery disease and heart failure. He has received the society awards from the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) in 1999, the American Heart Association (AHA) in 2006, and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2014. Currently, he serves as a Co-Editor of European Heart Journal (ESC), and a guest editor of International Journal of Cardiology. He is one of the 10 founding members of COVADIS (Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study Group) in 2012. He also served as the president of the Japanese Association of Gender-specific Medicine from 2012-2022. He has recently established the Japanese Association of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction (J-CMD) in order to promote practice and research of CMD in Japan and abroad.
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Akira Suda Jun Takahashi Maike Schwidder Peter Ong Daniel Ang Colin Berry Paolo G. Camici Filippo Crea Juan-Carlos Kaski Carl Pepine Ornella Rimoldi Udo Sechtem Satoshi Yasuda John F. Beltrame C.Noel Bairey Merz Hiroaki Shimokawa on behalf of the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study COVADIS Group https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906722001889
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Authors: Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Kiyotaka Hao, Yoku Kikuchi, Tomohiko Shindo, Shohei Ikeda, Koichi Sato, Jun Sugisawa, Yasuharu, Matsumoto, Satoshi Miyata, Yasuhiko Sakata, Hiroaki Shimokawa. Lay summary: Various types of coronary microvascular dysfunctions (CMD), such as epicardial coronary artery spasm, reduced coronary flow reserve, and increased coronary microcirculatory resistance, are frequently overlapped even in the … Continue reading "Coronary Functional Abnormalities in Patients With Angina and Non obstructive Coronary Artery Disease"
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Authors: Kensuke Nishimiya, Akira Suda, Kento Fukui, Kiyotaka Hao, Jun Takahashi, Yasuharu Matsumoto, Kiyoto Mitsuishi, Tasuku Watanabe, Kazuma Ohyama, Jun Sugisawa, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Koichi Satoh, Tomohiko Shindo Shigeo Godo, Yoku Kikuchi, Takashi Shiroto, Satoshi Yasuda, Hiroaki Shimokawa. Lay summary: OCT studies demonstrate that there are close links between coronary functional dysfunction and coronary morphological changes. … Continue reading "Prognostic Links Between OCT-Delineated Coronary Morphologies and Coronary Functional Abnormalities in Patients With INOCA"
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C. Noel Bairey Merz, John F. Beltrame, Colin Berry, William E. Boden, Paolo G. Camici, Filippo Crea, Judith S. Hochman, Juan Carlos Kaski, Patrick T. O’Gara, Peter Ong, Carl J. Pepine, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Udo Sechtem, Gregg W. Stone Lay Summary – Improvement in the management of myocardial ischaemia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahjo.2021.100060
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Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Colin Berry, Paolo G Camici, Filippo Crea, Javier Escaned, Tom Ford, Eric Yii, Juan Carlos Kaski, Takahiko Kiyooka, Puja K Mehta, Peter Ong, Yukio Ozaki, Carl Pepine, Ornella Rimoldi, Basmah Safdar, Udo Sechtem, Kenichi Tsujita, Satoshi Yasuda, John F Beltrame, C Noel Bairey Merz Lay Summary – An in … Continue reading "Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina: an international and prospective cohort study by the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study (COVADIS) Group"
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Udo Sechtem, David Brown, Shigeo Godo, Gaetano Antonio Lanza, Hiro Shimokawa, Novalia SidikLay Summary – How establishing a diagnosis of CMVD in other cardiac conditions can have important consequences for therapy and prognosis. https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/article/116/4/771/5709808
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Filippo Crea, C Noel Bairey Merz, John F Beltrame, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Hisao Ogawa, Peter Ong, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Paolo G Camici, Coronary Vasomotion Disorders International Study Group (COVADIS)Lay Summary – Shows similarities in the lack of understanding in these two conditionshttps://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/7/473/2422085
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Peter Ong, Paolo G. Camici, John F Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Udo Sechtem, Juan-Carlos Kaski, C. Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – Defines standard criteria to investigate & diagnose microvascular anginahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/319612722_International_standardization_of_diagnostic_criteria_for_microvascular_angina
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Jelena-Rima Ghadri, Ilan Shor Wittstein, Abhiram Prasad, Scott Sharkey, Keigo Dote, Yoshihiro John Akashi, Victoria Lucia Cammann, Filippo Crea, Leonarda Galiuto, Walter Desmet, Tetsuro Yoshida, Roberto Manfredini, Ingo Eitel, Masami Koguge, Holger M Nef, Abhishek Deshmukh, Amir Lerman, Eduardo Bossone, Rodolfo Citro, Takashi Ueyama, Domenico Corrado, Satoshi Kurisu, Frank Ruschitzka, David Winchester, Alexander R Lyon, … Continue reading "International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part I): Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Criteria, and Pathophysiology"
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Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Colin Berry, Paolo G Camici, Filippo Crea, Javier Escaned, Tom Ford, Eric Yii, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Takahiko Kiyooka, Puja K Mehta, Peter Ong, Yukio Ozaki, Carl Pepine, Ornella Rimoldi, Basmah Safdar, Udo Sechtem, Kenichi Tsujita, Satoshi Yasuda, John F Beltrame, C Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – 2021 update on Microvascular … Continue reading "Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina: an international and prospective cohort study by the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study (COVADIS) Group"
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John F. Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Juan Carlos Kaski, Hisao Ogawa, Peter Ong, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, C. Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – Detailed information on Coronary Artery Spasmhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/80/2/80_CJ-15-1202/_html
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