Hisatomi Arima
- Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Fukuoka University
- 1. Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors
2. Clinical trials for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease
3. Meta-analysis of observational studies and clinical trials
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Professor Hisatomi Arima, MD PhD is aProfessor at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hisatomi holds specialist qualifications in Cardiology and Internal Medicine in Japan. He also worked as an epidemiologist for the Hisayama Study at Kyushu University, where completed his PhD degree in Medicine. Prior to taking up his position at the Fukuoka University , he worked as a Special Contract Professor at Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia for 2 years.
He also spent 2 years as a Senior Lecturer and 3 years as an Associate Professor at the George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, where he was involved in large-scale clinical trials of blood pressure lowering for acute and chronic phases of stroke including PROGRESS, INTERACT2 and ENCHANTED.
Hisatomi has published on clinical and epidemiological aspects of hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease, is an associate editor and a reviewer of scientific journals, and is a member of national and international societies of hypertension, stroke and cardiology.
Message
Provide high-quality evidence in order to reduce the global burden of non-communicable disease (NCD) !!
Publication
1. Manning L, Hirakawa Y, Arima H, Wang X, Chalmers J, Wang J, Lindley R, Heeley E, Delcourt C, Neal B, Lavados P, Davis SM, Tzourio C, Huang Y, Stapf C, Woodward M, Rothwell PM, Robinson TG, Anderson CS, on behalf of the INTERACT2 Investigators. Blood pressure variability and outcome in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: post-hoc analysis of the INTERACT2 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Neurol 2014; 13: 364-373.
2. Anderson CS, Heeley E, Huang Y, Wang J, Stapf C, Delcourt C, Lindley R, Robinson T, Lavados P, Neal B, Hata J, Arima H, Parsons M, Li Y, Wang J, Heritier S, Li Q, Woodward M, Davis S, Chalmers J for the INTERACT2 Investigators. Rapid blood pressure lowering in acute intracerebral hemorrhage. N Engl J Med 2013; 368: 2355-2365.
3. Arima H, Murakami Y, Lam TH, Kim HC, Ueshima H, Woo J, Suh I, Fang X, Woodward M on behalf of the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Effects of prehypertension and hypertension subtype on cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region. Hypertension 2012; 59: 1118-1123.
4. Arima H, Chalmers J, Woodward M, Anderson C, Rodgers A, Davis S, MacMahon S, Neal B for the PROGRESS Collaborative Group. Lower target blood pressures are safe and effective for the prevention of recurrent stroke: the PROGRESS trial. J Hypertens 2006; 24: 1201-1208.
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Arima H, Tanizaki Y, Kiyohara Y, Tsuchihashi T, Kato I, Kubo M, Tanaka K, Ohkubo K, Nakamura H, Abe I, Fujishima M, Iida M. Validity of the JNC VI recommendations on the management of hypertension in a general population of Japanese elderly: the Hisayama Study. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163: 361-366.