Makoto Natsumeda, MD, PhD

Original Contribution

The Efficacy and Feasibility of Chronic Total Occlusion by Transradial Intervention: A Japanese Single-Center Retrospective Study

09/02/2015

Khalid O. Tammam , MD, PhD;

Tsutomu Murakami , MD;

Sho Torii , MD;

Takeshi Ijichi , MD;

Makoto Natsumeda , MD, PhD;

Fuminobu Yoshimachi , MD, PhD;

Toshiharu Fujii , MD, PhD;

Takashi Matsukage , MD, PhD;

Masataka Nakano , MD;

Yuji Ikari , MD, PhD, FACC, FESC;

Yohei Ohno , MD;

Naoki Masuda , MD;

Norihiko Shinozaki , MD, PhD;

Nobuhiko Ogata , MD, PhD;

Gaku Nakazawa , MD;

We retrospectively analyzed 207 CTO lesions in 195 patients in a single center between January 2008 and December 2011 and found that over one-half of CTO lesions can be treated with high success and low complication rates by TRI if the...

We retrospectively analyzed 207...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Visualization Device for Transradial Approach Murotani

Original Contribution

First Reported Use of a Visualization Device for the Radial Artery With Near-Infrared Rays Through the Transradial Approach

10/01/2021

Yoshiya Yamamoto , MD;

Takeaki Kudo , MD;

Yota Kawamura , MD, PhD;

Fuminobu Yoshimachi , MD, PhD;

Yuji Ikari , MD, PhD, FACC, FESC;

Makoto Natsumeda , MD, PhD;

Nana Murotani , MD;

Toshiharu Fujii , MD, PhD;

Hirofumi Nagamatsu , MD;

A disadvantage of TRA is difficulty in puncturing under palpation of the radial pulse alone without arterial visibility. To overcome this limitation, a vessel visualization device using near-infrared rays, Art View (Forte Grow Medical...

A disadvantage of TRA is...

10/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology