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Open Access 20.04.2024 | Original Article

Physiological Assessment with iFR prior to FFR Measurement in Left Main Disease

Despite guideline-based recommendation of the interchangeable use of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) to guide revascularization decision-making, iFR/FFR could demonstrate different physiological or clinical …

verfasst von:: Takayuki Warisawa, Christopher M. Cook, Yousif Ahmad, James P. Howard, Henry Seligman, Christopher Rajkumar, Takumi Toya, Shunichi Doi, Akihiro Nakajima, Masafumi Nakayama, Rafael Vera-Urquiza, Sonoka Yuasa, Takao Sato, Yuetsu Kikuta, Yoshiaki Kawase, Hidetaka Nishina, Rasha Al-Lamee, Sayan Sen, Amir Lerman, Hitoshi Matsuo, Yoshihiro J. Akashi, Javier Escaned, Justin E. Davies

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Open Access 20.04.2024 | Original Article

Initial experience with a novel stent-based mechanical thrombectomy device for management of acute myocardial infarction cases with large thrombus burden

The management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and large thrombus burden (LTB) remains challenging. Despite the advent of potent antithrombotic regimens, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in AMI cases with LTB often …

verfasst von:: Yuan Zhi, Mehdi Madanchi, Giacomo Maria Cioffi, Julian Brunner, Leah Stutz, Eleonora Gnan, Varis Gjergjizi, Adrian Attinger-Toller, Florim Cuculi, Matthias Bossard

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18.04.2024 | Original Article

Evaluation of the efficacy of combined device strategies for long femoropopliteal artery disease

In recent years, it was reported that drug coated balloons (DCB), drug eluting stents (DES) and interwoven stents (IWS) have reduced restenosis when compared to plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA) and bare-nitinol stent (BNS) implantation [ 1 – 3 …

verfasst von:: Shuko Iwata, Riho Suzuki, Yuichiro Hosoi, Yuki Tanaka, Yuichi Izumi, Michinao Tan, Kazushi Urasawa

17.04.2024 | Original Article

Two-year outcomes of endovascular therapy for femoropopliteal arterial lesions for patients with high bleeding risk

The Academic Research Consortium (ARC) recently published a definition of patients at high bleeding risk (HBR) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. However, the prevalence of the ARC-HBR criteria in patients undergoing endovascular …

verfasst von:: Yuki Shima, Narumi Taninobu, Akihiro Ikuta, Kazunori Mushiake, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kazushige Kadota

17.04.2024 | Original Article

Retrospective analysis on diameters of drug-coated balloons and predilatation balloons in infra-inguinal endovascular treatment (RABBIT study)

This multicenter retrospective study assessed the clinical outcomes of endovascular therapy (EVT) using a drug-coated balloon (DCB) that was larger than the predilatation balloons for femoropopliteal artery lesions. We analyzed 1140 cases with …

verfasst von:: Yo Iwata, Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Kazuki Tobita, Naoki Hayakawa, Shinsuke Mori, Kazunori Horie, Tatsuya Nakama, Kenji Suzuki, Shigeru Fukuzawa

14.04.2024 | Invited Review Article

Importance of reassessment to identify trajectories of chronic transition of clinical indicators in post-myocardial infarction management

Despite advances in multidisciplinary acute care for myocardial infarction (MI), the clinical need to manage heart failure and elevated mortality risks in the remote phase of MI remains unmet. Various prognostic models have been established using …

verfasst von:: Goro Yoshioka, Atsushi Tanaka, Shinjo Sonoda, Tetsuya Kaneko, Hiroshi Hongo, Kensuke Yokoi, Masahiro Natsuaki, Koichi Node

08.04.2024 | Invited Review Article

Drug intervention as an emerging concept for secondary prevention in patients with coronary disease

The treatment of culprit coronary lesions has been optimized in the last 10 years due to the continued development of current generation drug-eluting stents and the appropriate regimen of dual anti-platelet therapy [ 1 , 2 ]. The improvements in …

verfasst von:: Yoshiyasu Minami, Junya Ako, Kenichi Tsujita, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Yuji Ikari, Yoshihiro Morino, Yoshio Kobayashi, Ken Kozuma

31.03.2024 | Original Article

Intra-aortic balloon pump is associated with the lowest whereas Impella with the highest inpatient mortality and complications regardless of severity or hospital types

Impella and intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP) are commonly utilized in patients with cardiogenic shock. However, the effect on mortality remains controversial. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of Impella and IABP on mortality in …

verfasst von:: Mohammad Reza Movahed, Armin Talle, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh

30.03.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Left ventricular perforation caused by Impella repositioning after wire removal

verfasst von:: Shunsuke Matsushita, Shunsuke Kubo, Go Yamashita, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Kazushige Kadota

Open Access 29.03.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Acute leaflet malfunction of Navitor valve with severe intraprosthetic aortic insufficiency immediately after implantation

verfasst von:: Ryo Horita, Daisuke Hachinohe, Ryo Otake, Juan Armando Diaz, Hidemasa Shitan, Tsutomu Fujita

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24.03.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Effect of the jailed Corsair technique on the polymer of drug-eluting stents: insights from electron microscopy analyses

verfasst von:: Yohei Numasawa, Kei Kamata, Tadafumi Tamura, Souichi Yokokura, Hidenori Kojima, Makoto Tanaka

23.03.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Resolution of spontaneous coronary artery dissection involving the left main coronary artery

verfasst von:: Takeshi Nishi, Teruyoshi Kume, Masahiko Ueno, Yoshio Kobayashi, Shiro Uemura

16.03.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

A novel method to achieve enhanced and optimal commissural alignment during transcatheter aortic valve implantation

verfasst von:: Takuya Tominaga, Yasuhiro Ichibori, Satoshi Nakawatase, Naoki Mori, Tomohiko Sakamoto, Toru Kuratani, Yoshiki Sawa, Yoshiharu Higuchi

15.03.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Radial artery avulsion: case report of a rare complication in interventional cardiology

verfasst von:: Sophia El Harrouchi, Arthur Ramonatxo, Valentin Patouiller, Sébastien Levesque

28.02.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Transcatheter closure of mitral paravalvular leak by transapical approach with rectangular paravalvular leak device

verfasst von:: Kenji Makino, Go Hashimoto, Hidehiko Hara, Yoshiyuki Yazaki, Mikio Takato, Shigeyuki Ozaki

08.02.2024 | Original Article

Spontaneous hemodynamic improvement after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is observed within a short term after balloon pulmonary angioplasty

Natural hemodynamic changes after balloon pulmonary artery angioplasty (BPA) in a unified state without oxygen administration in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) remains undetermined. This study aimed to clarify …

verfasst von:: Shinya Fujii, Shinya Nagayoshi, Takuya Matsumoto, Takashi Miyamoto, Kazuo Ogawa, Michihiro Yoshimura

16.01.2024 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

How to evacuate when Sapien3 transcatheter heart valve cannot pass through a severely calcified aortic valve

An 85-year-old male with severe aortic stenosis who had been on dialysis for 5 years was admitted to our hospital for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Echocardiography revealed severe aortic stenosis with a maximum flow velocity of …

verfasst von:: Yasuyuki Tsuchida, Hideyuki Kawashima, Ken Kozuma, Yusuke Watanabe

09.09.2019 | Invited Review Article

Significance of echocardiographic evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is widely accepted as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis (AS). Existing scientific evidence demonstrates that TAVI is superior to …

verfasst von:: Kohsuke Shirakawa, Mitsushige Murata

15.03.2019 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Edge restenosis of a polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent in the superficial femoral artery: insights from an imaging assessment with an electronic high-resolution angioscope

A 70-year-old woman underwent endovascular treatment (EVT) of the superficial femoral artery (SFA). Pre-procedural angiography revealed a proximal edge 17-month restenosis of a heparin-bonded expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)-covered stent …

verfasst von:: Yuji Nishimoto, Rei Fukuhara, Tadashi Miyamoto, Masanao Toma, Akihiko Miyata, Yukihito Sato

25.02.2019 | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Pedal artery angioplasty for dorsal pedis artery puncture preceding endovascular treatment for occluded anterior tibial artery

An 81-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of refractory ulcers on the right lower extremity (Fig. 1 a, b). Skin perfusion pressure (SPP) was 25 mmHg at the right dorsum of the foot. Angiography showed occlusion of the …

verfasst von:: Yu Sakaue, Tetsuya Nomura, Kenshi Ono, Masakazu Kikai, Natsuya Keira, Tetsuya Tatsumi

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