Atsushi Okada
Latest contributions
All you need to know about redo TAVI
15 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
This comprehensive session on redo Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) covers critical aspects beyond coronary obstruction risk, including detailed pre-procedural analysis, valve sizing, and innovative procedural techniques such as leaflet modification and optimal angle placement. Post-procedural considerations like antithrombotic therapy and patient-prosthesis mismatch are also thoroughly...
Guidelines update
15 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
This session reviews the latest updates in the ESC/EACTS guidelines for structural heart disease, emphasizing their clinical implications and future trends. Participants will gain understanding of changes in aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve recommendations, including new age cutoffs, asymptomatic disease management, and the evolving role of...
Prevention and management of TAVI complications
14 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
This session addresses the prevention and management of major complications associated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Attendees will gain a detailed understanding of mechanisms behind cerebral infarction, haemolysis, valve infolding, pacemaker implantation, and valve migration, along with expert strategies for recognition, decision-making, and bailout techniques...
Imaging aortic valve
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Explore cutting-edge imaging techniques to assess and guide the management of aortic valve disease in this comprehensive session. From preprocedural assessment with TEE to advanced CT and MRI strategies, learn how to evaluate and treat patients with low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and post-TAVI complications....
Valvular interventions
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Explore the latest insights and advancements in valvular interventions in this comprehensive session. Dive into the medical cost analysis of TAVR versus SAVR in Japanese dialysis patients, the long-term outcomes of Myval valve implantation in the pulmonary position, the comparative effectiveness of balloon aortic valvuloplasty techniques,...
M-TEER for secondary mitral regurgitation
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Managing secondary mitral regurgitation with M-TEER requires a tailored approach. This PCR Tokyo Valves 2025 session explores key considerations for atrial functional MR and VFMR beyond COAPT criteria, helping you refine patient selection, procedural strategies, and post-treatment management through expert insights and real-world cases.
CAD and TAVI
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
What is the clinical impact of CAD in TAVR recipients and how best to treat it? Through this session, gain insight on how to determine optimal CAD assessment in TAVR recipients, learn the timing of coronary revascularisation pre-TAVR, and understand the exact assessment and treatment of...
Rapid-fire - Complex procedure in TAVI - Part 2
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
In the second part of this rapid-fire session, we continue to focus on complex cases that might arise during TAVI, such as a case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis resulting in cardiogenic shock, treatment of severe AR after infective endocarditis, and more!
TAV-in-TAV and coronary access
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Learn about the challenges of coronary access during TAV-in-TAV procedure through this series of abstract submissions for PCR Tokyo Valves 2024. Expore the feasibility of redo TAVR in Sapien valves based on in-vivo CT assessment, examine the coaxiality of transcatheter aortic self-expanding valve, and more in...
TAV-in-TAV interventions: a new frontier in TAVI
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Explore the distinctions between TAV-in-TAV and TAV-in-SAV, learn more about the challenges posed by heterogeneity and variability in TAV redo procedures, gain insights into the unified terminology of TAV designs, and uncover how step-by-step CT analysis facilitates comprehensive assessments and post Redo-TAV solutions, drawing from detailed...
Valve-in-Valve
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Discover various compelling cases of valve-in-valve interventions in this session: such as TAVI for a structural valve deterioration with winding snake-like aorta, the uses of tomography-fluoroscopy fusion imaging in bioprosthetic aortic valve cracking, and more!