[S-19] Cross-talk between myologists and cardiologists - from basic science to bed side

[S-19-3] Cardiac ion channelopthy as systemic disease especially complicated with neurological disorders

Minoru Horie^1,2 (1.Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Japan, 2.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan)

Cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle have many in common since being a striated muscles. Due to genetic defects expressed in both organs, cardiomyopathy and conduction disturbance are often associated with myopathy. In addition, elucidating functional abnormalities of homologous genes expressed in cardiac muscle contributes to the understanding of the pathology of skeletal muscle diseases. In the era promoting translational research, dialogue and collaboration between muscle and cardiac specialists in clinical problems will become increasingly important. At this symposium, experts of skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle speak at various aspects from basic science to clinical medicine, aiming mutual understanding and collaboration.

Professor Minoru Horie obtained his M.D. at the Kyoto University, Japan, in 1978. He started his clinical training at the Shizuoka City Hospital under the direction of Dr. H. Yasue (later became Professor at the Kumamoto University). After obtaining his Ph.D. at the Kyoto University in 1988, he promoted to Assistant Professor at the Kyoto University and in 2000 to Lecturer. From 1990 to 1991, he spent one year for the collaboration research with Dr. DC Gadsby at the Rockefeller University in New York City, USA. He promoted to the full professor at the Shiga University of Medical Science in 2002. His area of interest is basic/clinical cardiac electrophysiology as well as the molecular/genetic basis of inherited arrhythmias such as the long QT and Brugada syndromes etc. He published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer in his scientific field for more than 10 top journals. Since 2018 he is a Research Professor at the same University.