Akihisa Kataoka
Latest contributions
M-TEER around the world
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Explore the latest insights and advancements in the field of Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (M-TEER) from around the world. Discover a new anatomical risk score for predicting procedural outcomes, two-year outcomes from the MiCLASP study, the impact of regurgitant volume to left atrial volume ratio on...
Mitral complications
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Rapid-fire - Mitral TEER for complex situations
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
This series of rapid-fire submitted cases focuses on mitral TEER for complex situations. Learn about creative solutions to these situations such as clip inversion grasping, independent leaflet grasping with a CGA system, and more!
Challenges in TEER for secondary mitral regurgitation
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Explore this session on secondary mitral regurgitation to understand the ideal case predictors gleaned from trials like EVEREST, COAPT, or MITRA-FR, delve into patient selection conundrums, including optimal medical therapy, examine technical challenges posed by atrial functional mitral regurgitation, and gain insights into TEER techniques for...
Mitral valve interventions for complex anatomy
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Consult this session on to learn more about how to manage complex anatomy and complications during mitral valve interventions. Discover compelling cases such as a valve-in-ring TMVR in a fluoroscopically invisible ring, PASCAL for bailout of MitraClip single-leaflet device attachment, and more!
My worst nightmare - Mitral valve intervention
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Through the three challenging cases presented in this session, each presenting an access, leaflet and clip nightmare, learn about optimal bailout and prevention methods to deal with these rare complications that can occur during transcatheter mitral valve intervention.
Transcatheter repair for complex degenerative mitral regurgitation - LIVE case
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
An 83-year-old female with chronic kidney disease, RBBB, has severe mitral regurgitation due to P2 prolapse and preserved LV function (69 %).
The operators decide to implant 1 XTW clip, guided by TEE and left atrial pressure.
LIVE Case from Kokura Memorial Hospital Kitakyushu, Japan
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Imaging for mitral valve interventions
17 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Watch this PCR Tokyo Valves 2023 session to review the anatomy of the mitral valve, learn how to assess it with a trans-oesophageal echocardiography, find out how to grade MR and avoid its pitfalls, and get tips and tricks for successful intraprocedural TEE.
Case-based challenging edge-to-edge mitral repair
26 Sep 2021 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2021
Watch this session on mitral valve repair to learn how to successfully perform this procedure, especially in patients with challenging anatomies, and how to face any possible complications.
Post-dilation from contralateral access site for nose cone entrapment during self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation
07 Sep 2021
View this successful case with bail-out post-dilation for modifying nose cone entrapment due to stent frame infolding.
