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Yoshifusa Aizawa

Yoshifusa Aizawa

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Medicine

D-Index
77
Citations
27481
World Ranking
18298
National Ranking
585

Overview

Yoshifusa Aizawa is affiliated with Tachikawa Medical Center in Japan and has an extensive publication record in medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans 72 published papers, covering multiple interconnected subfields and topics related to cardiac health and function.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

The specific research topics addressed by Yoshifusa Aizawa emphasize various aspects of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, including:

  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Yoshifusa Aizawa's peer-reviewed articles have appeared frequently in specific journals, indicating a consistent contribution to their specialized areas. The main publication venues are:

  • Internal Medicine
  • EP Europace
  • Heart Rhythm
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Arrhythmia

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yoshifusa Aizawa include:

  • "Thyroid Hormone Plays an Important Role in Cardiac Function: From Bench to Bedside" (2021), published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Functionally validated SCN5A variants allow interpretation of pathogenicity and prediction of lethal events in Brugada syndrome" (2021), published in European Heart Journal
  • "Distinct Features of Probands With Early Repolarization and Brugada Syndromes Carrying SCN5A Pathogenic Variants" (2021), published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Discrepancy in recognition of symptom burden among patients with atrial fibrillation" (2020), published in American Heart Journal
  • "Brugada syndrome in Japan and Europe: a genome-wide association study reveals shared genetic architecture and new risk loci" (2024), published in European Heart Journal

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Wataru Shimizu
  • Yuhi Fujimoto
  • Kuniya Asai
  • Masahiko Takagi
  • Yu-ki Iwasaki

Best Publications

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest Associated with Early Repolarization

    Michel Haïssaguerre;Nicolas Derval;Frederic Sacher;Laurence Jesel

  • Autonomic and antiarrhythmic drug modulation of ST segment elevation in patients with Brugada syndrome

    Toshihisa Miyazaki;Hideo Mitamura;Shunichiro Miyoshi;Kyoko Soejima

  • Sodium channel β1 subunit mutations associated with Brugada syndrome and cardiac conduction disease in humans

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Hiroshi Watanabe;Tamara T. Koopmann;Solena Le Scouarnec;Solena Le Scouarnec;Solena Le Scouarnec;Tao Yang

  • Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Development of Atrial Fibrillation The Niigata Preventive Medicine Study

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Naohito Tanabe;Toru Watanabe;Dawood Darbar

  • 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

  • Characteristics of Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation Associated With Inferolateral Early Repolarization: Role of Drug Therapy

    Michel Haissaguerre;Frederic Sacher;Akihiko Nogami;Nohiriro Komiya

  • Close bidirectional relationship between chronic kidney disease and atrial fibrillation: the Niigata preventive medicine study.

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Toru Watanabe;Shigeru Sasaki;Kojiro Nagai

  • Impending epidemic: future projection of heart failure in Japan to the year 2055.

    Yuji Okura;Mahmoud M. Ramadan;Yukiko Ohno;Wataru Mitsuma

  • Constitutive Regulation of Cardiac Fatty Acid Metabolism through Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Associated with Age-dependent Cardiac Toxicity

    Kenichi Watanabe;Hiroshi Fujii;Toshihiro Takahashi;Makoto Kodama

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

    Shiro Kamakura;Tohru Ohe;Kiyoshi Nakazawa;Yoshifusa Aizawa

  • The effect of dapagliflozin treatment on epicardial adipose tissue volume

    Takao Sato;Yoshifusa Aizawa;Sho Yuasa;Shohei Kishi

  • Impact of earthquakes on Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Makoto Kodama;Yuji Okura;Yoshifusa Aizawa

  • JCS/JHRS 2019 Guideline on Non-Pharmacotherapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias.

    Akihiko Nogami;Takashi Kurita;Haruhiko Abe;Kenji Ando

  • Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and bradycardia-dependent intraventricular block

    Yoshifusa Aizawa;Makoto Tamura;Masaomi Chinushi;Naoki Naitoh

  • Optimal Treatment Strategy for Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

    Satoshi Ogawa;Takeshi Yamashita;Tsutomu Yamazaki;Yoshifusa Aizawa

  • High prevalence of early repolarization in short QT syndrome

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Takeru Makiyama;Taku Koyama;Prince J. Kannankeril

  • Electrocardiographic Characteristics and SCN5A Mutations in Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Associated with Early Repolarization

    Hiroshi Watanabe;Akihiko Nogami;Kimie Ohkubo;Hiro Kawata

  • Graft-versus-leukemia effect and graft-versus-host disease can be differentiated by cytotoxic mechanisms in a murine model of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

    Nobuhiro Tsukada;Tetsuji Kobata;Tetsuji Kobata;Yoshifusa Aizawa;Yoshifusa Aizawa;Hideo Yagita;Hideo Yagita

  • Expression of Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor in Hearts of Rats With Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis

    Masahiro Ito;Makoto Kodama;Masayoshi Masuko;Masayuki Yamaura

  • Guidelines for Pharmacotherapy of Atrial Fibrillation (JCS 2008) : Digest Version

    Satoshi Ogawa;Yoshifusa Aizawa;Hirotsugu Atarashi;Hiroshi Inoue

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe Niigata University
Minoru Horie
Minoru Horie Shiga University of Medical Science
Shiro Kamakura
Shiro Kamakura National Cardiovascular Research Center
Wataru Shimizu
Wataru Shimizu Nippon Medical School
Ken Okumura
Ken Okumura Hirosaki University
Akinori Kimura
Akinori Kimura Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Keiichi Fukuda
Keiichi Fukuda Keio University
Masakazu Yamagishi
Masakazu Yamagishi Osaka University of Human Sciences

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