Takashi Akasaka, MD

Country Japan
Specialty Interventional Cardiologist
  1. OCT-Guided Precise PCI for LM Bifurcation Stenting
  2. Vulnerable Plaque Identification by OCT and NIRS-IVUS
  3. Role of Imaging in Calcified Lesion Treatment
  4. Imaging-Based Treatment of Calcified Coronary Artery
  5. Optimize Your Stent: A to Z of Imaging Guidance for PCI
  6. Why Don\'t We Use Physiology More Often in the Cath Lab?
  7. The Clinical Value of OCT: European Consensus Document
  8. Invited Case Presentation & Focus Review: Treatment of Severe Calcified Lesion: OCT-guided Step-by Step Approach
  9. Procedural and Prognostic Impact of OCT on Coronary Intervention
  10. OCT for Guiding Complex PCI: Wisdom from Experience
  11. [Vulnerable Plaque Detection: What Is New in 2018?] OCT
  12. Bifurcation PCI with Invasive Imaging: IVUS, 3D-OCT and More
  13. Early Statin May Stabilize VP More Rapidly and Effectively: ESCORT Study Using OCT
  14. Fusion Tools for Bifurcation PCI; FFR, IVUS, or OCT - When and How?
  15. Impact of OCT- vs. IVUS-Guided PCI: OPINION and ILUMIEN
  16. Advantages/Disadvantages of FFR, iFR and Hybrid Strategy
  17. Imaging Detection of Vulnerable Plaques
  18. OCT-Guided PCI in DES Era
  19. FFR vs. iFR Usefulness & Limitation
  20. Recurrent Events After ACS: Why It Happen and How to Stop It?
  21. Detection of VP and Natural Course by OCT
  22. Native Vessel
  23. Vulnerable Plaque Detection: Between Biological and Morphological(OCT) Approaches
  24. 3D OCT: Will It Change CathLab's Landscape?
  25. OCT: Pre-intervention and Post-intervention
  26. Native Vessel
  27. OCT
  28. Vulnerable Plaque by OCT
  29. When and How to Apply? OCT-guided vs. IVUS-guided PCI
  30. IVUS and OCT in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Attenuated Plaque, TCFA, Thrombi
  31. Can We Identify Vulnerable Patients and Vulnerable Plaque? Do We Know Enough to Treat High-risk Lesions?
  32. Clinical Use Perspectives and Future Direction of OCT
  33. Procession and Regression of Atherosclerosis Assessed by OCT: Effect of Statin on TCFA
  34. DES Evaluation by OCT - Clinical-Surrogate Endpoints
  35. Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndrome Assessed by OCT
  36. OCT; Comparative Imaging Results with IVUS, VH and Angioscopy
  37. Fundamentals and Pitfalls and Limitations of OCT Interpretation and Measurements
  38. What is the Futuristic Type of OCT?
  39. Invasive Imaging Is Certainly More Accurate !
  40. Evaluation of Microvascular Dysfunction
  41. Clinical Trials Update and Future Perspectives
  42. Assessment of Vulnerable Plaque by OCT: Comparison Among Intravascular Imaging Modalities
  43. Detection of Vulnerable Plaque with Optical Coherence Tomography
  44. Coronary Microvascular Resistance Estimated by A Novel Dual-Sensor (Pressure And Doppler Velocity) Guidewire Reflects Myocardial Viability After Myocardial Infarction
  45. Assessment of Plaque Morphology by OCT in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
  46. Usefulness of Optical Coherence Tomography During Coronary Intervention
  47. Comparison with Histology and Possible Clinical Applications
  48. OCT and Acute Coronary Syndrome
  49. Arterial Plaque Evaluation Using OCT: A Comparison with IVUS and Histological Findings