Masanori Yamamoto
Latest contributions
Managing TAVI-embolisation device
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Focus on managing TAVI device embolization in this specialized session. Discuss detailed techniques such as TAVI-in-TAVI procedures, addressing valve dysfunction, and innovative balloon-assisted retrieval methods for migrated transcatheter heart valves, emphasizing procedural nuances and bailout strategies.
How to optimise TAVI outcomes in the Asian-Pacific population?
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
What are the key considerations for TAVI in Asian-Pacific patients? This EuroPCR 2025 session focuses on optimising outcomes in anatomically and clinically specific contexts, such as patients with small annuli. Learn how the latest intra-annular self-expanding devices can help reduce post-procedural pacemaker implantation (PPI) rates, and...
Managing challenging vasculature to successfully deliver TAVI
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session addresses the challenges of delivering TAVI in patients with complex vascular anatomy. Explore expert strategies for performing TAVI post-coarctation surgery, valve-in-valve procedures, and managing difficult aortic arch anatomies including bicuspid valves with large annuli and tortuous vessels.
EuroIntervention Journal: 20 years of excellence
25 Feb 2025
Join the PCR community as we commemorate a big year for EuroIntervention!
In this video, your peers share why they read EuroIntervention and how it impacts their daily practice.
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Coronary access after TAVI: timing and techniques
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Struggling with PCI after TAVI? This session breaks it down with 3 real-world cases. You'll learn when and how to perform revascularization in severe AS patients, the impact of commissure alignment on future coronary access, and expert techniques for post-TAVI PCI:
- Case 1: Managing a patient with...
LAA closure procedure step-by-step
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Want to master the step-by-step approach to Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC)? This session is for you!
Follow expert operators as they walk you through the entire procedure, from pre-procedural imaging with TEE and CT to intracardiac echocardiography guidance and precise device deployment. Learn how to assess...
Lifetime management with self-expandable valve based on the latest evidence
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Explore the latest evidence on the Evolut system and its impact on long-term valve durability in TAVR. Gain insights into its use for TAV-in-SAV procedures, the role of valve design in optimizing outcomes, and the importance of first-valve selection, commissure alignment, and coronary access.
Transcatheter management of failed THV - LIVE case
Recommended by PCR
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
An 84-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, frailty (5/6), preserved LV function, and aortic stenosis previously treated with CoreValve 26 mm in 2016, presented with symptomatic degenerative stenosis of the valve.
A Sapien 3 (23 mm) was implanted without predilatation but with post-dilatation under general anaesthesia, using cerebral...
TAVI in small annulus - LIVE case
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
A 79-year-old female with CAD (stenosis in the mid-LAD), asthma, and diabetes presented with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Left ventricular function was preserved, with an annulus measuring 355 mm², and the valves were heavily calcified.
A Navitor Vision valve was implanted with predilatation (18 mm balloon) under...
How to optimise the patient outcomes - Key considerations for the small body population
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Explore the latest strategies for optimizing outcomes in Asian and international patients with small body size. Through case presentations, surgical experiences, and the latest data on device performance, gain valuable insights into treating aortic stenosis more effectively. Discover how these advancements can enhance patient care and...
Nightmare in TAVI
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Watch this session replay featuring two challenging cases: valve embolisation with a balloon-expandable valve and coronary obstruction with a self-expandable valve. Learn key lessons from the first case, including the importance of secure pacing, avoiding damage to the descending aorta while retrieving the embolised valve, and...
The value of WATCHMAN therapy - Who should we treat?
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Delve into the value of WATCHMAN therapy in this sponsored session by Boston Scientific. Explore the latest evidence and future perspectives of this innovative treatment option. Understand who the ideal patient is for WATCHMAN therapy and how to identify them in daily clinical practice, including TAVI...
Transcatheter options for degenerated surgical aortic valves - LIVE case
Recommended by PCR
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
A 77-year-old male with a history of SAVR in 2011 (Magna Ease 23) and moderate chronic kidney disease, with preservedLV function, presented with symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation and stenosis, associated with severe MR.
A Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia 23 valve was implanted under local anesthesia, with hemodynamic...
Featured cases - TAVI coronary protection strategies (Part 3)
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
This session, part of the Featured Cases series from PCR London Valves 2024, focuses on TAVI coronary protection strategies. Explore various challenging cases, including valve-in-valve TAVI scenarios with the risk of left main artery obstruction, orthotopic chimney stenting following valve-in-valve TAVI, and the management of post-dilatation...
Rapid-fire - TAVI complications (Part 1)
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Dive into a rapid-fire session featuring a selection of compelling clinical cases from PCR London Valves 2024. Explore the challenges and complications that can arise during TAVI procedures, including when a chimney goes wrong, when the better becomes the enemy of the good, navigating through TAVI...
The top clinical cases in interventional cardiology
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Curious about the latest in interventional cardiology? Don't miss this video!
You'll discover groundbreaking techniques for complex conditions, from treating mitral regurgitation after healed endocarditis to repairing the tricuspid valve in dextrocardia. You'll also see the latest advances (including the SAPIEN 3 Tendyne device) and gain expert...
Advanced mitral TEER - LIVE case
Recommended by PCR
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Join us for a LIVE case followed by a recorded case highlighting advanced treatments for severe secondary mitral regurgitation:
- A 75-year-old man with permanent AF, a history of CABG, and symptomatic severe secondary MR (atrial and ischemic causes) with low LV function (45%) underwent mitral repair with...
MitraClip Asian experience: clinical evidence and experience in challenging anatomies
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Watch this session to gain insights into the clinical evidence of mitral TEER therapy for the Asian population, learn techniques for implanting a MitraClip in patients with challenging anatomy, and understand how to use the four clip sizes for optimal outcomes. The session also covers educational...
Primary mitral regurgitation edge to edge repair with one device - LIVE case
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
An 83-year-old male presented symptomatic severe PMR due to lateral P2 chordal rupture, small LA and preserved LV function (68%). Watch the operators implant one XTW clip successfully.
LIVE case from Sendai Kousei Hospital - Sendai, Japan
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TAVI and future coronary access - LIVE case
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
An 81-year-old woman, with a history of breast cancer surgery, stroke, and lymphoma remission, presented a severe symptomatic aortic stenosis associated with a suspicion of right coronary artery disease on the CT. The operators decided to perform TAVI first and then control the RCA by angiography...
The optimal first valve choice for patients with aortic stenosis - Key considerations for lifetime management
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
This session tackles the pressing topic of TAVI's success in treating aortic stenosis, particularly in younger patients, and the ensuing questions regarding device durability, potential follow-up procedures, and the interplay between TAVI and surgical options. The aim is to ensure optimal decision-making that prioritizes patient welfare...
Heart Team in action: managing complex cases together
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
In this group discussion, several heart teams present their work on complex cases of tricuspid valve interventions and explore the results of their collaboration in order to figure out adequate management for invasive treatments.
Mastering techniques from basic to complex - Imaging for aortic stenosis
16 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Learn to master different imaging techniques for aortic stenosis through these slides. Gain insight into the concomitance of aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease, and learn about the pitfalls of aortic stenosis diagnosis in this session.
Rare complications of structural intervention
21 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Join us in this session for a look at rare and challenging scenarios in structural interventions: delve into the complexities of an ascending aorta mycotic aneurysm in a patient with a prior TAVI procedure, witness a unique case showcasing a misloaded self-expanding TAVR device, uncover the...
Late-breaking trials on latest-generation aortic valves and dedicated transcatheter devices
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Find out the outcomes of the main studies on the latest-generation valves and devices presented at PCR LV 2023 to better determine their benefits, performance and interest in the treatment of specific aortic pathologies: REACCESS-2 Study, ACURATE Neo2 PMCF post-market registry, OCEAN-TAVI registry, ShortCut Pivotal Study, and...
New techniques for commissural alignment
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Learn how to perfect your mastery of commissural alignment with the 3 cases presented in this session, which highlight new techniques: the use of coronary ostia overlap view, the octa align technique, and the RN cusp-overlap technique.
TAVI in a patient with heavily calcified valve anatomy - LIVE case
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
An 80-year-old male with chronic kidney disease and interstitial pneumonia treated under steroids presented a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis with massive calcifications on the valves and only on the valves (not the LVOT).
Watch the operators implant a Sapien 3 23 mm (-1cc) with a predilatation (Balloon...
Predictability and control: Evolut procedural approaches
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
In this session, delve into Evolut procedural approaches. You will be examining the cusp overlap technique, its latest clinical data and outcomes of the Medtronic's newest generational technology: Evolut FX.
Future perspectives of LAAC
17 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
In this session, delve into the evolving landscape of Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC). Explore evidence, optimal patient criteria, and comprehensive preprocedural assessments for innovative LAAO devices.
The role and benefit of WATCHMAN FLX in stroke prevention
17 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
In this session, discover WATCHMAN FLX's numerous benefits for stroke prevention, covering topics such as patient indications for LAAC, the importance of Heart-Brain Team collaboration and post-procedural management insights.