Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Paul C. Ho , MD, MSc;

During angiography, when the saphenous vein graft (SVG) bypassing a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a coronary artery is found to be patent without significant obstructive disease, conventional wisdom would suggest adequate distal perfusion...

During angiography, when the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

10/13/2022

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Anastasios Milkas , MD, PhD;

Byeong-Keuk Kim , MD, PhD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Kevin J. Croce , MD, PhD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Amirali Masoumi , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Margaret B. McEntegart , MD, PhD, BSc(Hons), MBChB;

Andrea Gagnor , MD;

Seung-Whan Lee , MD, PhD;

Georgios Sianos , MD, PhD;

Scott A. Harding , MD, RT(R)(CV);

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Yangsoo Jang , MD, PhD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

The Safety and Efficacy of ‚ÄúPre-closure‚Äù Utilizing the Closer‚Ñ¢ Suture-mediated Vascular Closure Device for Achievement of Hemost

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Hsien-Li Kao , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Roberto Garbo , MD;

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Khalid O. Tammam , MD, PhD;

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Masahisa Yamane , MD, PhD;

Eugene B. Wu , MD, DM;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Paul Knaapen , MD, PhD;

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve patient symptoms, but it remains controversial whether it impacts subsequent clinical outcomes.

Chronic total occlusion (CTO)...

10/13/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

08/01/2008

Impact of Multislice Computed Tomography to Estimate Difficulty in Wire Crossing in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for CTO

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Satoru Sumitsuji , MD;

Takashi Tsuji ;

Hideo Tamai ;

The Prostar® XL (Perclose, Redwood City, California) allows the femoral arterial puncture site to be closed percutaneously with two nonabsorbable sutures. The Perclose AcceleRated Ambulation and DischargE (PARADISE) trial1 showed that use of...

The Prostar® XL (Perclose,...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

03/04/2010

Hiroshi Fujita , MD;

Maoto Habara , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Masato Kawai , RT;

Shunichi Matsushita , MD;

Tuyoshi Ito , MD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Sudhir Rathore , MD, MRCP;

Examination of Anti-Intima Hyperplastic Effect on Cilostazol-Eluting Stent in a Porcine Model

Kenya Nasu , MD;

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03/04/2010

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

New Concept for CTO Recanalization Using Controlled Antegrade and Retrograde Subintimal Tracking: The CART Technique

Takeshi Suzuki , MD, PhD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

The advent of drug-eluting stents (DES) has brought about a revolutionary change in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Randomized clinical trials of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) have clearly demonstrated the agent’s efficacy in...

The advent of drug-eluting...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Mutsuo Nakayama , MD;

Akitsugu Oida , MD;

Eijiro Hattori , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

The Clinical Effectiveness of the Prostar¬Æ XL Suture-Mediated Percutaneous Vascular Closure Device for Achievement of Hemostasis

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Yasunori Nishida , MD;

Jean-Francois Surmely , MD;

Percutaneous treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the major challenges in interventional cardiology. Recent data have shown that successful percutaneous recanalization of coronary CTOs results in improved...

Percutaneous treatment of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Satoru Sumitsuji , MD;

Manual compression has been the standard method employed to achieve hemostasis at the arterial puncture site after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. However, prior studies suggest that major or minor bleeding complications...

Manual compression has been the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

10/28/2008

Tetsuo Matsubara , MD;

Yasushi Asakura , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Impact of Plaque Debulking Prior to Single Sirolimus-Eluting Stent ImplantationABSTRACT: Background. The impact of plaque debulking with directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) prior to single sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation in an...

Impact of Plaque Debulking...

10/28/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

10/08/2008

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Yasushi Asakura , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Tetsuo Matsubara , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Impact of Multislice Computed Tomography to Estimate Difficulty in Wire Crossing in (SEE FULL TITLE BELOW)

Impact of Plaque Debulking Prior...

10/08/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

11/05/2009

Hiroshi Fujita , MD;

Maoto Habara , MD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Sudhir Rathore , MD, MRCP;

Masato Kawai , RT;