Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD

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;

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Mitsuyasu Terashima , MD;

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;

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

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Mitsuyasu Terashima , MD;

Impact of Plaque Debulking Prior...

10/08/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

11/05/2009

Hiroshi Fujita , MD;

New Re-Entry Device for Revascularization of Chronic Coronary Total Occlusions: Preliminary Single Japanese Center Experience

Maoto Habara , MD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Sudhir Rathore , MD, MRCP;

Masato Kawai , RT;

Mitsuyasu Terashima , MD;

Shunichi Matsushita , MD;

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Tuyoshi Ito , MD;

Impact of Multislice Computed Tomography to Estimate Difficulty in Wire Crossing in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion ABSTRACT: Background. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions...

Impact of Multislice Computed...

11/05/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

07/30/2012

Maoto Habara , MD;

Tairo Kurita , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Tatsuya Ito , MD;

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Improvement of Regional Ischemia after Successful Percutaneous<br />
Intervention of Bypassed Native Coronary Chronic Total<br />
Occlusio

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Abstract: Background. Although retrograde approach for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) has been introduced, the procedure is still time and resource consuming. A simplified antegrade approach might be another resort. The aim of this...

Abstract: Background. Although...

07/30/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rapid Communication

08/01/2008

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;