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Professor Wataru Shimizu

Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo (Japan)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology
European Heart Rythm Association

Shimizu currently serves as a professor of the department of cardiovascular medicine at the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, Japan. Shimizu’s primary research interest has been in cardiac arrhythmias, particularly inherited arrhythmia syndromes and sudden cardiac death, and has conducted many clinical and basic research on inherited arrhythmia, such as LQTS and Brugada syndrome. Shimizu has also contributed to many national and international guidelines and expert consensus statements on inherited arrhythmia syndromes and pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Shimizu was awarded First Prize of YIA of Basic Research at 1997 NASPE (HRS), YIA at 1998 ACC, and 33rd Sato Award, Japan Heart Foundation at 2008 JCS. Shimizu is an immediate past President of Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) and Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS). Shimizu is now Editor-in-Chief of Internal Medicine (2023-) and Deputy Editor of JACC Asia (2021-).

Screening for atrial fibrillation

Event: EHRA 2024

Topic: Arrhythmias, General

Session type: Debate Session

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The future of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation around the world

Event: EHRA 2022

Topic: Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation

Session type: Symposium

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Prediction of sudden cardiac death: genetic testing, ECG, and imaging

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)

Session type: Official Joint Session

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Inherited cardiomyopathies – What´s new?

Event: EHRA 2021

Topic: Treatment

Session type: Symposium

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Insights into arrhythmia mechanism and therapies

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Arrhythmias

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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