Atsushi Kawamura, MD

Case Report

Usefulness of the SafeCut Dual Wire PTCA Catheter for the
Treatment of Calcified Lesions

08/01/2008

In-stent restenosis has long remained the major limitation of coronary stenting. Recent randomized trials have shown that the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) markedly reduce the risk of in-stent restenosis following treatment of de novo...

In-stent restenosis has long...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Use of SafeCut Balloon‚Ñ¢ for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis of a Previously Underexpanded (Full title below)

09/06/2009

Yoritaka Otsuka , MD;

Yoichiro Kasahara ;

Atsushi Kawamura , MD;

ABSTRACT: Calcified lesions are a cause of stent underexpansion which significantly increases the subsequent risks of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis, even when drug-eluting stents are used. In this report, we describe a novel balloon...

ABSTRACT: Calcified lesions are...

09/06/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology