Ryota Sakurai, MD

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

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