Shigeru Saito, MD

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are common and are found in approximately one-third of patients with significant coronary disease who undergo angiography.1 Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of revascularization of CTOs, with...

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs)...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Long-Term Outcomes of Self-Expandable Nitinol Stent Implantation With Intraluminal Angioplasty to Treat Chronic Total Occlusion in the Superficial Femoral Artery (TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus Type D Lesions)

01/31/2016

Saeko Takahashi , MD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Tomoki Ochiai , MD;

Junya Matsumi , MD;

Kazuya Sugitatsu , MD;

Takeshi Akasaka , MD;

Koki Shishido , MD;

Futoshi Yamanaka , MD;

Shingo Mizuno , MD;

Masato Murakami , MD;

Kazuki Tobita , MD;

Yutaka Tanaka , MD, PhD;

An evaluation of the long-term outcomes of self-expandable nitinol stent implantation with intraluminal angioplasty for CTOs in the SFA of patients with TASC D lesions.

An evaluation of the long-term...

01/31/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Successful Transradial Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting Using a Self-Expandable RADIUS Stent to the Anomalous Left Main Coronar

08/01/2008

Shinji Tanaka , MD, PhD, FACG;

Kazuharu Sunami , MD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

The incidence of major anomalies of the coronary artery is 0.3–0.8% of the population undergoing coronary angiography.1 There are only a few cases in the literature describing successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to the...

The incidence of major anomalies...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Distal Transradial Access For Cardiac Catheterization in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

08/01/2022

Hirokazu Miyashita , MD;

Hiroaki Yokoyama , MD;

Noriaki Moriyama , MD;

Futoshi Yamanaka , MD;

Shingo Mizuno , MD;

Masato Murakami , MD;

Yutaka Tanaka , MD, PhD;

Saeko Takahashi , MD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Shohei Yokota , MD;

Koki Shishido , MD;

Takahiro Hayashi , MD;

Kazuki Tobita , MD;

Although a distal radial artery (DRA) approach has recently been used in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, no studies have so far investigated the safety and feasibility of DRA in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). We aimed to...

Although a distal radial artery...

08/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation Outside a Previous Stent

08/01/2008

Yoshio Taketani , MD;

Hideaki Kaneda , MD, PhD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Case Presentation. A 43-year-old male with a history of myocardial infarction and primary stenting (left circumflex artery in July 1997 and right coronary artery in September 2005) was admitted to undergo angioplasty for his totally...

Case Presentation. A 43-year-old...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Novel Method of PercuSurge Distal Protection in a Five French
Guiding Catheter without an Export Aspiration Catheter

08/01/2008

Takashi Matsukage , MD, PhD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Yuji Ikari , MD, PhD, FACC, FESC;

Yasuhiro Mori , MD, PhD;

Ken Okumura , MD, PhD;

Fuminobu Yoshimachi , MD, PhD;

Motomaru Masutani , MD, PhD;

Use of a distal protection device is essential in current percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures because distal embolization can be avoided with some specific lesions such as vein grafts,1,2 carotid stenoses3,4 and thrombus-rich...

Use of a distal protection...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Kissing Balloon Technique within a 5 Fr Guiding Catheter
Using 0.010 Inch Guidewires and 0.010 Inch Guidewire-
Compatible Ball

08/01/2008

Fuminobu Yoshimachi , MD, PhD;

Motomaru Masutani , MD, PhD;

Takashi Matsukage , MD, PhD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Yuji Ikari , MD, PhD, FACC, FESC;

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) devices have been getting smaller, especially guide catheters. In the 1990s, an 8 Fr guide catheter was necessary for stent implantation in a simple coronary lesion. At present, a 6 Fr guide catheter...

Percutaneous coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Preprocedural Inflammation Does Not Affect Neointimal Hyperplasia following Everolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation

12/04/2009

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Masao Yamasaki , MD, PhD;

Ichizo Tsujino , MD, PhD;

Paul G. Yock , MD;

Katsuhisa Waseda , MD, PhD;

Ryota Sakurai , MD;

Takao Shimohama , MD, PhD;

Takao Hasegawa , MD;

Daisaku Nakatani , MD, PhD;

Hiromasa Otake , MD, PhD;

Krishnankutty Sudhir , MD, PhD;

Wesley Pierson , PhD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Junya Ako , MD, PhD;

Hyeonsoo Chang , MSME;

Bon-Kwon Koo , MD, PhD;

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

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