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Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

Ausgabe 2/2026

Inhalt (30 Artikel)

CVIT expert consensus document on primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in 2026

  • Open Access
  • Expert Consensus Document

Yukio Ozaki, Akihiro Tobe, Yoshinobu Onuma, Kotaro Miyashita, Yoshio Kobayashi, Tetsuya Amano, Kyohei Yamaji, Hideki Ishii, Takashi Muramatsu, Tevfik F. Ismail, Shun Kohsaka, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Morino, Shiro Uemura, Kenichi Tsujita, Toshiro Shinke, Junya Ako, Junji Yajima, Yuichiro Maekawa, Junya Shite, Yasumi Igarashi, Nobuo Shiode, Atsunori Okamura, Takayuki Ogawa, Junichi Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Tamura, Takafumi Tsuji, Kentaro Hayashida, Teruyasu Sugano, Hiroyuki Okura, Hideki Okayama, Katsuhiro Kawaguchi, Kan Zen, Saeko Takahashi, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Nobuhiro Suematsu, Kiyoshi Hironaga, Tetsuya Matoba, Osamu Iida, Masaharu Ishihara, Masaya Ohta, Masahide Harada, Reina Ozaki, Hideo Izawa, Toyoaki Murohara, Takafumi Ueno, Masato Nakamura, Yuji Ikari, Patrick W. Serruys, Ken Kozuma

Clinical expert consensus document on rotational atherectomy from the Japanese association of cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics: update 2026

  • Open Access
  • Expert Consensus Document

Kenichi Sakakura, Yoshiaki Ito, Yoshisato Shibata, Atsunori Okamura, Yoshifumi Kashima, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuji Hamazaki, Junya Ako, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Yoshio Kobayashi, Yuji Ikari, Ken Kozuma

Consensus document on the role of cardiac computed tomography for pre-procedural planning in minimally invasive percutaneous coronary intervention from the Japanese association of cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics

  • Open Access
  • Expert Consensus Document

Kenji Sadamatsu, Fuminobu Yoshimachi, Naoki Masuda, Shinichiro Yamada, Tomokazu Ikemoto, Nozomi Kotoku, Munenori Okubo, Yoshio Kobayashi, Ken Kozuma

Left atrial appendage closure: Current status, unresolved issues, and future perspectives

  • Open Access
  • Invited Review Article

Yusuke Kondo, Satoko Ryuzaki, Miyo Nakano, Yoshio Kobayashi

Absolute coronary blood flow measurement and the principle of microvascular resistance reserve

  • Review Article

Nico H.J. Pijls, Danielle C.J. Keulards, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Tetsuya Amano, Hirohiko Ando, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Thabo Mahendiran, Toya Takumi, Hitoshi Matsuo, Thomas R. Keeble, Peter Damman, William F. Fearon, Takuya Mizukami, Pim A.L. Tonino, Fernando Alfonso, Bernard De Bruyne, Takashi Akasaka

Distal radial access for complex percutaneous coronary interventions: current evidence and future perspectives

  • Open Access
  • Review Article

Juan F. Iglesias, Adel Aminian, Gregor Leibundgut, Claudiu Ungureanu, Grigorios Tsigkas, Giuseppe Colletti, Maarten A. H. van Leeuwen, Ivo Bernat, Stefan Harb, Karsten Schenke, Ioannis Skalidis, Arnaud Planchat, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Gregory A. Sgueglia

Network meta-analysis of treatment strategies for calcified coronary lesions

  • Original Article

Michele Maremmani, Gabriele Gasparini, Francesco Bruno, Sergio Berti, Simonluca Digiacomo, Ramin Ebrahimi, Christian Templin, Paolo Canova, Gabriele Pesarini, Davide Di Vece

Temporal trends and outcomes of long coronary chronic total occlusion interventions: the Japanese CTO-PCI expert registry

  • Original Article

Hiroyuki Tanaka, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Yoshiaki Ito, Satoru Sumitsuji, Koichi Kishi, Hisayuki Okada, Yuji Oikawa, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Osamu Katoh

Limus- versus paclitaxel-coated balloons for coronary in-stent restenosis: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  • Original Article

Mohammadreza Babaei, Parisa Fallahtafti, Sina Rashedi, Somayyeh Barati, Ehsan Khalilipur, Ata Firouzi, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Parham Sadeghipour

Intravascular ultrasound surrogate markers for optical coherence tomography calcium score in percutaneous coronary intervention

  • Original Article

Kyoko Hattori, Masaomi Gohbara, Shun Kitajima, Yohei Hanajima, Katsuhiko Tsutsumi, Hidekuni Kirigaya, Jin Kirigaya, Shinnosuke Kikuchi, Hidefumi Nakahashi, Yuichiro Kimura, Kensuke Matsushita, Kozo Okada, Noriaki Iwahashi, Masami Kosuge, Teruyasu Sugano, Toshiaki Ebina, Kiyoshi Hibi

Hemodynamic implications of direct sheath insertion through VA-ECMO arterial cannula: an In-Vitro model

  • Original Article

Yasuhiro Otake, Yumeko Ebihara, Haruko Matsumoto, Kayo Shoji, Tomonari M. Shimoda, Hidetaka Nishina

Low-flow and normal-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Insights from the CURRENT AS Registry-2

  • Original Article

Tomohiko Taniguchi, Takeshi Morimoto, Yasuaki Takeji, Shinichi Shirai, Kenji Ando, Hiroyuki Tabata, Ko Yamamoto, Ryosuke Murai, Kohei Osakada, Kotaro Takahashi, Tomohisa Tada, Koichiro Murata, Yuki Obayashi, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Masashi Amano, Takeshi Kitai, Chisato Izumi, Shojiro Tatsushima, Norio Kanamori, Makoto Miyake, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Masayasu Izuhara, Kazuya Nagao, Kenji Nakatsuma, Yutaka Furukawa, Moriaki Inoko, Masahiro Kimura, Mitsuru Ishii, Shunsuke Usami, Fumiko Nakazeki, Manabu Shirotani, Yasutaka Inuzuka, Koh Ono, Kenji Minatoya, Takeshi Kimura

Clinical significance of machine learning algorithm in predicting PPM during TAVR in small annuli

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Yu Mao, Yang Liu, Mengen Zhai, Ping Jin, Wenjing Li, Fangyao Chen, Yuhui Yang, Gejun Zhang, Jian Liu, Yingqiang Guo, Xiangbin Pan, Yongjian Wu, Jian Yang

One-year outcomes of the RESILIA balloon-expandable transcatheter valve: survival, hemodynamics, and hypoattenuated leaflet thickening

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Kazuki Suruga, Vivek Patel, Yuchao Guo, Hidemasa Shitan, Daniel Ng, Takashi Nagasaka, Jaideep Menda, Adishwar Singh, Mitch Gheorghiu, Dhairya Patel, Aakriti Gupta, Tarun Chakravarty, Wen Cheng, Yuito Okada, Hasan Jilaihawi, Mamoo Nakamura, Raj R. Makkar

Long-term outcome of patients undergoing pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Cecilia Veraar, Gudrun Lamm, Lion Merl, Arabella Fischer-Hammerschmied, Matthias Granner, Maximilian Will, Konstantin Schwarz, Andreas Kammerlander, Julia Mascherbauer

Left atrial appendage closure after a hospital admission for bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients: frequency, associated factors and prognosis

  • Original Article

Lucas Barreiro Mesa, Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Alejandro Recio Mayoral, Alejandro Reina Moreno, Jaime Nevado Portero, Carlos del Toro Esperón, Javier Torres Llergo, Ana María Martínez Rodríguez, Laura Jordán Martínez, Ismael Arco Adamuz, Aurora María Martínez Ballesta, Víctor Manuel López Espinosa, José Luis Delgado Prieto, Leopoldo Fernández Ruz, Ana Delia Ruiz Duthil, Cristina Cánovas Galindo, Sara Corpas Pérez, Alejando Isidoro Pérez Cabeza, Alberto Contreras Muñoz, Livia Gheorge, Mauricio Urgiles Ortiz, Marina Teresa García García, Jesús Aceituno Cubero, Gregorio Soto Rojas, Beatriz Girela Pérez, Sara Ballesteros Pradas, Virginia Pérez Ramírez, Almudena Valle Alberca, Susana Pérez Córdoba, José Javier Sánchez Fernández, Beatriz Calvo Bernal, Antonio Enrique Gómez Menchero, Carmen Lluch Requerey, Ana del Río Lechuga, Juan José Serrano Silva, Rafael González González Manzanares, Dolores Mesa Rubio

Pathological evaluation of IVL-enabled modification and crossing in calcified chronic total occlusions

  • Open Access
  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Yu Sato, Sho Torii, Gaku Nakazawa

Single-lumen microcatheter based reversed wire technique (RWT) in the treatment of extremely angled coronary bifurcation lesions

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Dongdong Jian, Changwei Xia, Binbin Zhu, Jiajia Cui, Datun Qi

Successful PCI for iatrogenic coronary dissection using IVUS-Guided 3-dimensional wiring with the tip detection method

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Tomohiro Fujisaki, Satoshi Honda, Kota Murai, Teruo Noguchi

Successful retrieval of an entrapped rotational atherectomy burr using intravascular lithotripsy from false lumen

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Toku Sakashita, Atsushi Sakamoto, Toshihiko Kishida, Yuichi Toyosaki, Takuto Yamazaki, Syuhei Funada

Multiple pseudoaneurysms in the iliofemoral arteries following placement of bare-metal and interwoven stents

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Masaki Tsuda, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Hideo Matsuhisa, Toshinari Onishi

A novel mechanism of iatrogenic aortic dissection: interference between an evolut prosthesis and a pigtail catheter during the TAVI recapture procedure

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Toraaki Okuyama, Takayuki Ogawa, Jun Yoshida, Goki Uno, Michio Yoshitake, Michifumi Tokuda

Integrating computed tomographic images with real-time fluoroscopy for cerebral protection during transcatheter aortic valve implantation

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Katsunori Miyahara, Kenichi Ishizu, Shinichi Shirai, Masaomi Hayashi, Akihiro Isotani, Kenji Ando

Emergent transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation in degenerative INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Taiki Kitano, Tomohiko Taniguchi, Natsuhiko Ehara, Takeichiro Nakane, Jiro Esaki, Yutaka Furukawa

Severe aortic stenosis with an infra-aortic-annular aneurysm of ventricular septum treated with Evolut™ FX

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Haruhito Yuki, Toru Naganuma, Toru Ouchi, Tatsuya Nakao, Koji Hozawa

Resolution of severe SAM-related mitral regurgitation in sigmoid septum by MitraClip in a 95-year-old woman

  • Open Access
  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Ryotaro Yamada, Takao Morikawa, Akihiro Hayashida, Koichiro Imai, Yoji Neishi, Shiro Uemura

Folding atrial septal aneurysm to close multi-fenestrated ASDs and a PFO with a single device

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Satoshi Noda, Tsutomu Murakami, Kaho Hashimoto, Norihiko Kamioka, Yohei Ohno, Yuji Ikari

Dual-device closure of separate atrial septal defects with amplatzer and upsized gore cardioform occluders

  • Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Takahiro Misawa, Tsutomu Murakami, Satoshi Noda, Norihiko Kamioka, Yohei Ohno, Yuji Ikari

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Rechtsatriale und rechtsventrikuläre Raumforderung/© Krohn, JN et al. / all rights reserved Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, Blutröhrchen mit der Beschriftung CRP/© luchschenF / Stock.adobe.com, EKG-Kontrolle in einer Praxis/© Inside Creative House / Getty Images / iStock (Symbolbild mit Fotomodell), Frau nimmt Blut am Arm ab/© Chutipon / Stock.adobe.com (Symbolbild mit Fotomodellen), EKG befunden mit System - EKG Essential/© Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH