Makoto Itoh, MD

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

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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