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        "rendered": "<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px\">Naoya Takahashi, M.D<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\">Saiseikai Izuo Hospital, Osaka<br>Deputy Chief, Department of Cardiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"naoya.takahashi\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1189003159?h=43119b65e6&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>I had been told that he was \u201ca man who loves catheters.\u201d<\/strong><br>A catheter, as far as I knew, was a thin tube inserted into blood vessels. What could it mean to love such a thing?<br>You cannot exactly go out and buy one yourself, so I did only minimal research before going to meet him. Listening to him\u2014and watching the way he spoke\u2014I began to understand.<br><br>A patient with a blocked coronary artery.<br>A life entrusted to him.<br>He threads a catheter from the groin toward the blockage.<br>As it advances, multiple options are narrowed down in an instant.<br>He reaches the site and expands the vessel.<br>Blood, once obstructed, surges forward again. Success.<br>Throughout this sequence, his concentration peaks to the limit. A zone\u2014as if he himself becomes pure awareness. Then, the sense of accomplishment that follows.This is something he fully savors, day after day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269051_0_22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269051_0_22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269051_0_22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269051_0_22-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269051_0_22-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269051_0_22.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>Why did you become a doctor?<\/strong><br>When I asked, his expression softened, replacing the intensity from moments before. He answered with a hint of embarrassment.<br>One spring day, near the end of his first year of high school, his grandfather passed away.<br>\u201cMy grandfather used to tell me, \u2018You should become a doctor.\u2019 When he died, I just thought, maybe I will. That\u2019s really all it was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\">After graduating from university and becoming a cardiologist, he soon decided he wanted to master catheter-based treatment.<br>To do so, he moved hospitals in search of as many cases as possible.<br>He thought constantly about how to improve his technique.<br>At his new hospital, he worked with almost no days off. He accumulated experience, built knowledge, and learned how to remain composed.<br>Gradually, unexpected situations no longer unsettled him. In time, what counted as \u201cunexpected\u201d itself began to diminish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\">\u201cIf you open a blocked artery, that may be enough, technically speaking. But if you take the time to finish the procedure carefully, you can sometimes prevent it from closing again years later. I can\u2019t be satisfied unless I go that far. I always treat my patients as if they were my own family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269057_0_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269057_0_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269057_0_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269057_0_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269057_0_2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/medandpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/S__45269057_0_2.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>He is so devoted to hands-on practice that he sometimes finds himself unconsciously rehearsing catheter movements in the air.<\/strong><br>And yet, he said something unexpected.<br>\u201cJapan is highly advanced in catheter techniques. I want to systematize that knowledge and spread it globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\">According to him, catheterization originated in Germany. In Japan, however, distinct techniques and systems have evolved. Many people around the world still lack access to such advanced care. He wants to go to those countries himself and share the methods and expertise developed in Japan, believing this can raise the overall standard of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-system-serif-font-family\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px;line-height:1.8\">Hearing this, it felt too simplistic to describe him merely as \u201ca man who loves catheters.\u201d<br>When I said as much, his wife\u2014who had been listening nearby\u2014immediately added:<br>\u201cBut he really does love them. 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