Evolution of CTO PCI

Prof Sunao Nakamura is one of the most experienced interventional cardiologist Japan. He have performed more than 25,000 cases of PCI and 10,000 cases of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in his career which is the biggest number in the world. He has a very unique background as a researcher; studying basic molecular science (molecular cell biology) and clinical science in university more than 10 years in his younger days. Then, the encounter with Prof. Shigeru Saito, who is a great leader of interventional cardiologist in Japan made Prof. Nakamura suddenly shift his main field of cardiology to Interventional cardiology due to respect of great works of Prof. Shigeru Saito. After accumulating big number of the PCI cases, following the Prof. Saito’s words, Dr. Nakamura had started to share his experience of PCI in Asian countries from early 30‘s of his age spending half a year in foreign countries. As a result of through these activities over the years, he has built incredibly great relations with many doctors through the experience of PCI cases and many discussions. His motto is that all the patients around the world should be properly saved, so he had generously taught every kind of PCI technique, skill and knowledge to many doctors. He is also fully engaged in the leading edge of clinical activities and researches for many years. During this period, many clinical and basic studies were conducted, keeping the pace of 30 papers published per year. Especially in close relation with Professor Antonio Colombo, Italy, Professor IK Jan, USA, there are many collaborated clinical studies with them. His dream is to make the world's leading heart center where medical research from basic to clinical is conducted collecting Crème de la Crème Doctors in the world.

Dr Takayuki Warisawa is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at NTT Medical Center Tokyo and St. Marianna University School of Medicine in Japan. After graduating with honours from the prestigious University of Tokyo, he concentrated on clinical work, especially in the field of cardiology, emergency medicine, and intensive care. He trained as an interventional cardiologist for five years at New Tokyo Hospital, which is renowned for high-level interventional cardiology and clinical research. There, he developed skill and insight for complex PCI procedure. He had also taken the role of the Director of Emergency Medicine. While working as an expert clinician, he performed many clinical studies focused on the invasive and non-invasive coronary physiology including NHPRs/FFR, IMR/CFR, Scintigraphy and Perfusion CMR. Many of the studies have been published in international journals and a selection have been awarded at the Japanese and international scientific congresses. After working at Imperial College London in U.K. for 2 years, Dr Warisawa has been working on several clinical studies with international collaborators, as well as working as a chief of coronary intervention division and a chief of cardiovascular intensive care unit at NTT Medical Center Tokyo. For his many contributions and activities, he has received many awards and accolades, and the most recent include: The Young Investigator Award at the 30th Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics in 2022, PCR's Got Talent Finalist at Euro PCR 2022, The 58th District Meeting of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics in Kanto Koshinetsu in 2021, The 25th Beyond Angiography Japan and Young Investigator Award, The Award for the Best Scientific Research, Tokyo Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention Conference 2017. He is a leading Japanese doctor who is active both in Japan and abroad.