Shigeru Nakamura, MD

Case Report

Case of Dislodged Stent Lost in Septal Channel during Stent Delivery in Complex Chronic Total Occlusion of Right Coronary Artery

11/09/2009

Makoto Utsunomiya , MD;

Tomoko Kobayashi , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

From the Cardiovascular center, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted May 4, 2009, provisional acceptance given May 28, 2009, and final version...

From the Cardiovascular center,...

11/09/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Use of the Kissing Microcatheter Technique to Exchange a Retrograde Wire (Full Title Below)

05/07/2010

Atsushi Funatsu , MD;

Tomoko Kobayashi , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Use of the Kissing Microcatheter Technique to Exchange a Retrograde Wire for an Antegrade Wire in the Retrograde Approach to Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion ABSTRACT: The retrograde approach to chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a...

Use of the Kissing Microcatheter...

05/07/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Successful Retrieval of a Broken Intravascular Ultrasound Catheter Tip in the Coronary Artery

10/10/2010

Atsushi Funatsu , MD;

Tomoko Kobayashi , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

ABSTRACT: We report the successful retrieval of a broken intracoronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter tip that was mostly invisible on fluoroscopy by using a snare catheter and pulling from distal to proximal. An 80-year old male...

ABSTRACT: We report the...

10/10/2010

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

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

Radial Versus Femoral Approach for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: MACE Outcomes at Long-Term Follow-up

06/27/2018

Francisco Campelo-Parada , MD;

Atsuo Namiki , MD;

Antonio Serra-Peñaranda , MD;

Olivier Varenne , MD;

William Wijns , MD, PhD;

Kazushige Kadota , MD;

Didier Carrié , MD, PhD;

Tetsuya Tobaru , MD;

Antonio L. Bartorelli , MD;

Thomas Hovasse , MD;

Kenshi Fujii , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Takeshi Kimura , MD;

Jacques Lalmand , MD;

Shigeru Saito , MD;

Yuji Ikari , MD, PhD, FACC, FESC;

Little is known about the long-term major cardiovascular events and bleeding complications of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with radial vs femoral approach. Our objective was to compare the main outcomes of radial...

Little is known about the...

06/27/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Acute and Mid-term Results of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Lesions With Orbital Atherectomy System

08/18/2023

Atsushi Funatsu , MD;

Tomoko Kobayashi , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Jumpei Koike ;

Yoshihiro Iwasaki ;

Tatsushi Sato ;

Masahiro Mizobuchi ;

Severely calcified lesions present many challenges for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of the orbital atherectomy system (OAS) in treating calcified coronary lesions.

Severely calcified lesions...

08/18/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Effective Use of the Balloon-Deflection Technique for Severely Angulated Bifurcation Lesions: A Case Report

07/07/2010

Hiroaki Kohno , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Shozo Sueda , MD;

ABSTRACT: We successfully treated a patient with a severely angulated bifurcation lesion using the balloon deflection technique. For this technique, we advanced a coronary guidewire across a severely angulated bifurcation lesion by...

ABSTRACT: We successfully...

07/07/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology