Katsuhiko Sato

TL;DR: The Task Force on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics has now proposed the expert consensus document for the management of acute myocardial infarction focusing on procedural aspect of primary PCI.

TL;DR: In statin-naïve patients with ACS, combined therapy with ezetimibe and statin did not result in a significant change in coronary plaque regression or tissue component compared with statin alone.

TL;DR: Using long balloons for balloon angioplasty may help prevent severe vessel dissection in chronic femoropopliteal occlusions and identify a balloon length ≥220 mm as an independent negative predictor of severe vessels dissection.

TL;DR: The anterolateral popliteal puncture technique is useful as an alternative retrograde access vs a conventional transpopliteal approach for CTOs in the femoropopliteal segment if antegrade recanalization has failed and may become one option for Retrograde access in patients with severe below-the-knee lesions.

TL;DR: In unfavorable settings, DCB angioplasty following RA is the most effective treatment option in patients with ISR requiring debulking strategy, and TLR at 12 months is dismal.