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Shiro Kamakura is affiliated with the National Cardiovascular Research Center in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with significant contributions to related subfields including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, and nephrology.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas within cardiac science. Key subjects include:

  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac arrhythmias and treatments
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • ECG monitoring and analysis
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Sarcoidosis and beryllium toxicity research
  • Interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Kamakura has published research in multiple peer-reviewed journals, such as:

  • European Heart Journal
  • JACC Asia
  • International Journal of Cardiology
  • Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
  • Journal of Arrhythmia

Among their recent papers are:

  • Functionally validated SCN5A variants allow interpretation of pathogenicity and prediction of lethal events in Brugada syndrome, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Prognosis and Outcomes of Clinically Diagnosed Cardiac Sarcoidosis Without Positive Endomyocardial Biopsy Findings, 2021, JACC Asia
  • The association between late-phase early recurrence within the blanking period after atrial fibrillation catheter ablation and long-term recurrence: Insights from a large-scale multicenter study, 2021, International Journal of Cardiology
  • Identification of malignant early repolarization pattern by late QRS activity in high-resolution magnetocardiography, 2020, Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
  • High-risk atrioventricular block in Brugada syndrome patients with a history of syncope, 2021, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Frequent collaborators in Kamakura's research include:

  • Kengo Kusano
  • Satoshi Nagase
  • Takeshi Aiba
  • Koji Miyamoto
  • Kohei Ishibashi

The scope of Kamakura's research illustrates a multidisciplinary approach spanning clinical cardiology, molecular mechanisms, and respiratory medicine, focusing on electrophysiological abnormalities and cardiac arrhythmias, as well as related systemic conditions such as sarcoidosis.

Best Publications

  • An international compendium of mutations in the SCN5A-encoded cardiac sodium channel in patients referred for Brugada syndrome genetic testing.

    Jamie D. Kapplinger;David J. Tester;Marielle Alders;Begoña Benito

  • Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the general population of Japan: an analysis based on periodic health examination.

    Hiroshi Inoue;Akira Fujiki;Hideki Origasa;Satoshi Ogawa

  • Clinical Aspects of Type-1 Long-QT Syndrome by Location, Coding Type, and Biophysical Function of Mutations Involving the KCNQ1 Gene

    Arthur J. Moss;Wataru Shimizu;Arthur A.M. Wilde;Jeffrey A. Towbin

  • The circadian pattern of the development of ventricular fibrillation in patients with Brugada syndrome

    K Matsuo;T Kurita;M Inagaki;M Kakishita

  • Long-term prognosis of probands with Brugada-pattern ST-elevation in leads V1-V3.

    Shiro Kamakura;Tohru Ohe;Kiyoshi Nakazawa;Yoshifusa Aizawa

  • Malignant entity of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia initiated by premature extrasystoles originating from the right ventricular outflow tract.

    Takashi Noda;Wataru Shimizu;Atsushi Taguchi;Takeshi Aiba

  • Exercise Stress Test Amplifies Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the LQT1 and LQT2 Forms of the Long-QT Syndrome

    Kotoe Takenaka;Tomohiko Ai;Wataru Shimizu;Atsushi Kobori

  • Effect of Sodium Channel Blockers on ST Segment, QRS Duration, and Corrected QT Interval in Patients with Brugada Syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu M.D.;Charles Antzelevitch;Kazuhiro Suyama M.D.;Takashi Kurita

  • Common Sodium Channel Promoter Haplotype in Asian Subjects Underlies Variability in Cardiac Conduction

    Connie R. Bezzina;Wataru Shimizu;Ping Yang;Tamara T. Koopmann

  • Body surface distribution and response to drugs of ST segment elevation in Brugada syndrome: clinical implication of eighty-seven-lead body surface potential mapping and its application to twelve-lead electrocardiograms.

    Wataru Shimizu M.D.;Kiyotaka Matsuo;Masahiko Takagi M.D.;Yasuko Tanabe

  • Localization of Optimal Ablation Site of Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia from Right and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract by Body Surface ECG

    Shiro Kamakura;Wataru Shimizu;Kiyotaka Matsuo;Atsushi Taguchi

  • Epinephrine unmasks latent mutation carriers with LQT1 form of congenital long-QT syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu;Takashi Noda;Hiroshi Takaki;Takashi Kurita

  • UGT1A1 haplotypes associated with reduced glucuronidation and increased serum bilirubin in irinotecan-administered Japanese patients with cancer.

    Kimie Sai;Mayumi Saeki;Yoshiro Saito;Shogo Ozawa

  • Acute and chronic management in patients with Brugada syndrome associated with electrical storm of ventricular fibrillation.

    Takeshi Ohgo;Hideo Okamura;Takashi Noda;Kazuhiro Satomi

  • Genotype-Phenotype Aspects of Type 2 Long QT Syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu;Arthur J. Moss;Arthur A.M. Wilde;Jeffrey A. Towbin

  • The E1784K mutation in SCN5A is associated with mixed clinical phenotype of type 3 long QT syndrome

    Naomasa Makita;Elijah Behr;Wataru Shimizu;Minoru Horie

  • Diagnostic value of epinephrine test for genotyping LQT1, LQT2, and LQT3 forms of congenital long QT syndrome

    Wataru Shimizu;Takashi Noda;Hiroshi Takaki;Noritoshi Nagaya

  • Haplotypes of CYP3A4 and their close linkage with CYP3A5 haplotypes in a Japanese population.

    Hiromi Fukushima-Uesaka;Yoshiro Saito;Hidemi Watanabe;Kisho Shiseki

  • Early afterdepolarizations induced by isoproterenol in patients with congenital long QT syndrome.

    W Shimizu;T Ohe;T Kurita;H Takaki

  • Optimal Treatment Strategy for Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

    Satoshi Ogawa;Takeshi Yamashita;Tsutomu Yamazaki;Yoshifusa Aizawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Wataru Shimizu
Wataru Shimizu Nippon Medical School
Minoru Horie
Minoru Horie Shiga University of Medical Science
Hisao Ogawa
Hisao Ogawa Kumamoto University
Masafumi Kitakaze
Masafumi Kitakaze Southern Medical University
Yoshifusa Aizawa
Yoshifusa Aizawa Tachikawa Medical Center
Shogo Ozawa
Shogo Ozawa Iwate Medical University
Jun-ichi Sawada
Jun-ichi Sawada University of Shizuoka
Yoshiro Saito
Yoshiro Saito Tohoku University
Yoshihiro Kokubo
Yoshihiro Kokubo University of Glasgow
Hitonobu Tomoike
Hitonobu Tomoike National Cardiovascular Research Center

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