Takahiko Suzuki, MD

Clinical Images

Detection of Atherosclerotic Progression with Rupture of Degenerated In-Stent Intima (Full title below)

10/09/2009

Detection of Atherosclerotic Progression with Rupture of Degenerated In-Stent Intima Five Years after Bare-Metal Stent Implantation Using Optical Coherence Tomography ABSTRACT: In-stent intimal hyperplasia peaks in the early phase (6–12...

Detection of Atherosclerotic...

10/09/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Late-Acquired Stent Malapposition after Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation (Full title below)

12/04/2009

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Sudhir Rathore , MD, MRCP;

Mitsuyasu Terashima , MD;

Late-Acquired Stent Malapposition after Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation following Acute Coronary Syndrome: Angiographic, IVUS, OCT and Coronary Angioscopic Observation ABSTRACT: Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been shown to significantly...

Late-Acquired Stent...

12/04/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Comparison of Dilatation Mechanism and Long-Term Vessel Remodeling Between Directional Coronary Atherectomy and Balloon Angiopla

08/01/2008

Shigenori Ito , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Hiroshi Suzumura , MD;

Hiroaki Hosokawa , MD;

Tatsuya Fukutomi , MD;

Makoto Itoh , MD;

Although acute and late results of coronary intervention have been obtained by coronary angiography and this method might be sufficient for daily practice, angiography is a luminology1 and cannot reveal changes in vessel and plaque volume. On...

Although acute and late results...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Directional Coronary Atherotomy ‚Äî Experimental Use of Single-Blade Cutting Balloon

08/01/2008

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Yoshifumi Kashima , MD;

Yoshihisa Kinoshita , MD;

Drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation has been shown to considerably reduce the occurrence of restenosis compared to other modalities of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) such as plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA), bare metal stent...

Drug-eluting stent (DES)...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Adjunctive Use of Cutting Balloon After Rotational Atherectomy in a Young Adult with Probable Kawasaki Disease

08/01/2008

Takeshi Suzuki , MD, PhD;

Shigenori Ito , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Case description. A 19-year-old man, who probably suffered from Kawasaki disease (KD) from 3 years of age, presented with acute myocardial infarction and was treated with direct plain old balloon angioplasty at another hospital. Emergency...

Case description. A 19-year-old...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

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

08/01/2008

Mutsuo Nakayama , MD;

Akitsugu Oida , MD;

Eijiro Hattori , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

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

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

03/04/2010

Masashi Kimura , MD, PhD;

Hiroshi Fujita , MD;

Maoto Habara , MD;

Yoshihisa Kinoshita , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Masato Kawai , RT;

Shunichi Matsushita , MD;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

Tuyoshi Ito , MD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Sudhir Rathore , MD, MRCP;

Mitsuyasu Terashima , MD;

Kenya Nasu , MD;

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03/04/2010

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis

10/28/2008

Tetsuo Matsubara , MD;

Masashi Kimura , MD, PhD;

Yasushi Asakura , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Yoshihisa Kinoshita , MD;

Mariko Ehara , MD;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

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

Feature

Intracoronary Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty for In-stent Restenosis

08/01/2008

Shigenori Ito , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Makoto Itoh , MD;

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) represents a promising new technology1–2 for imaging the vascular microstructure at a level of 10–20 mm,3–6 which has not yet been achieved with the use of other imaging modalities.7–9 It may permit the...

Optical coherence tomography...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis

10/08/2008

Kenya Nasu , MD;

Yasushi Asakura , MD;

Masashi Kimura , MD, PhD;

Yoshihisa Kinoshita , MD;

Nobuyoshi Tanaka , MD;

Tetsuo Matsubara , MD;