Yasuhiro Honda, MD

ABSTRACT: Background. Preprocedual C-reactive protein (CRP) has been reported to correlate with in-stent restenosis following bare-metal stent implantation. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of preprocedural inflammation on...

ABSTRACT: Background....

12/04/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of Postprocedural Incomplete Stent Apposition

01/04/2012

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Ichizo Tsujino , MD, PhD;

Teruyoshi Kume , MD, PhD;

Kenji Sakata , MD;

Takao Shimohama , MD, PhD;

Takao Hasegawa , MD;

Junya Ako , MD, PhD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Masao Yamasaki , MD, PhD;

Abstract: Background. There has been no detailed intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) analysis to evaluate the degree to which stent underexpansion or reference vessel/stent size mismatch contributes to the occurrence of post-procedural incomplete...

Abstract: Background. There has...

01/04/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Taxol-Based Eluting Stents ‚Äî From Theory to Human Validation: Clinical and Intravascular Ultrasound Observations<br />

08/01/2008

Heidi N. Bonneau , RN, MS;

Shinjo Sonoda , MD;

Toru Kataoka , MD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

Paul G. Yock , MD;

Krishnankutty Sudhir , MD, PhD;

Reduction of restenosis remains an important goal of percutaneous coronary interventions. Although coronary stents reduce the rate of primary restenosis compared with balloon angioplasty,1–3 20–30% of treated vessels still develop recurrent...

Reduction of restenosis remains...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Mid-Term Results of Everolimus-Eluting Stent in a Japanese Population Compared With a US Randomized Cohort: SPIRIT III Japan Registry With Harmonization by Doing

08/29/2012

Alexandra J. Lansky , MD;

Krishnankutty Sudhir , MD, PhD;

Takaaki Isshiki , MD;

Tadashi Kikuchi , MD, PhD;

Hiroshi Nonogi , MD, PhD;

Keiichi Igarashi , MD;

Kenshi Fujii , MD;

Kumiko Saito , MS, MPH;

Hiroshi Fujita , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Kazuaki Mitsudo , MD;

Masato Nakamura , MD;

Takeshi Kimura , MD;

Hauro Hirayama , MD, PhD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Abstract: To address safety concerns with first-generation drug-eluting stents (DESs), the everolimus-eluting stent (EES) has been developed as a second-generation DES. The study aim was to: (1) demonstrate that use of the EES in Japanese...

Abstract: To address safety...

08/29/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Axial Plaque Redistribution after Coronary Stent Deployment

08/01/2008

Atsushi Hirohata , MD, PhD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Axial plaque redistribution (plaque shift) is recognized as one of the acute complications during percutaneous coronary intervention, sometimes resulting in additional procedures. Lumen encroachment after coronary intervention often looks...

Axial plaque redistribution...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of Small Coronary Lesions Between Novel Guidewire-Based Sirolimus-Eluting Stents and Conventional Sirolimus-Eluting Stents

10/01/2012

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid , MD, PhD;

Robert J. Whitbourn , MD, MBBS;

Stephen G. Worthley , MBBS, PhD, MD, PhDH, MB, BS ;

Ian T. Meredith , BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, MD;

Teruyoshi Kume , MD, PhD;

Roberto Botelho , MD;

Stefan Verheye , MD, PhD;

Koh Tian Hai , MD;

Paul G. Yock , MD;

Flavio Roberto Azevedo de Oliveira , MD, PhD;

Bon-Kwon Koo , MD, PhD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Abstract: Background. The Sparrow stent system (Biosensors International) consists of a self-expanding, ultra-thin nitinol stent mounted within a 0.014˝ guidewire designed for small or tortuous coronary lesions. We compared the intravascular...

Abstract: Background. The...

10/01/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Characterization of Late Incomplete Stent Apposition: A
Comparison among Bare-Metal Stents, Intracoronary Radiation
and Siroli

08/01/2008

Brian K. Courtney , MD;

Ryota Sakurai , MD;

Mamoo Nakamura , MD;

Junya Ako , MD, PhD;

Hiroyuki Okura , MD, PhD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Akiyoshi Miyazawa , MD;

Ichizo Tsujino , MD, PhD;

Yoshihisa Shimada , MD, PhD;

Recent studies have shown that late incomplete stent apposition (LISA) develops following implantation of conventional bare-metal stents (BMS), drug-eluting stents (DES) or adjunctive intracoronary radiation (IR).1–6 While the clinical...

Recent studies have shown that...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

The Renaissance of Directional Coronary Atherectomy: A Second Look From the Inside

08/01/2008

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

The dawn of atherectomy. The concept of transcatheter atherectomy — removing obstructive tissue by a catheter-based excision technique — was first introduced by Simpson to overcome several unsolved limitations of the conventional...

The dawn of atherectomy. The...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of Nonuniform Strut Distribution between Two Drug-Eluting Stent Platforms

08/01/2008

Yoriyasu Suzuki , MD;

Fumiaki Ikeno , MD;

Takao Hasegawa , MD;

Junya Ako , MD, PhD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Drug-eluting stents have substantially reduced the restenosis rate.1–4 However, restenosis after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is resistant to repeat percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and remains an important clinical...

Drug-eluting stents have...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Characteristics of Late-Acquired Incomplete Stent Apposition: A Comparison With First-Generation and Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents

12/15/2015

Junya Ako , MD, PhD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Teruyoshi Kume , MD, PhD;

This study investigated the morphometric parameters of late-acquired incomplete stent apposition after use of Cypher SES, Taxus PES, and Resolute ZES.

This study investigated the...

12/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology