Doctor Masaharu Akao
Kyoto Medical Centre, Kyoto (Japan)
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Biography
Dr Akao is the Director and Chief at Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center (Kyoto Japan).
He is also a Clinical Professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and a board member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, the Japanese Circulation Society, and Japanese Heart Rhythm Society.
His research interests include epidemiology and medical management of atrial fibrillation (AF), and pharmacology of oral anticoagulant drugs.
He is principal investigator of the Fushimi AF registry, a community-based prospective observational survey of Japanese patients with AF, and a co-investigator of ELDERCARE-AF trial, AFIRE trial and ANAFIE registry.
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Association of beta blocker use with new-onset heart failure and mortality in atrial fibrillation without pre-existing heart failure: the Fushimi AF registry
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Association of cardiothoracic ratio with heart failure hospitalization in patients with atrial fibrillation: the Fushimi AF Registry
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Usefulness of echocardiographic parameters in predicting the incidence of ischemic stroke in japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
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Impact of creatinine clearance on clinical outcomes in elderly atrial fibrillation patients receiving apixaban: J-ELD AF Registry sub-analysis
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Left atrial enlargement as an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke in Japanese atrial fibrillation patients: pooled analysis of five major Japanese atrial fibrillation registries
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Case 2: an atrial fibrillation patient with high CHA2DS2-VASc Score, a gastrointestinal bleed and renal impairment
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