Yoshifumi Nakajima

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Iwate Medical University Hospital - Iwate, Japan

Latest contributions

Mitral valve implantation and other technology

19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023

This session offers insight into advanced mitral valve technologies. It covers details of transapical off-pump repair with synthetic chordae, India's success in transcatheter double valve-in-valve,  TMVI in failing valves, and more.

Strategies to handle complications during interventions for structural heart disease: my worst nightmare - Part 1

16 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to learn all about how to handle and avoid complications during interventions for structural heart disease, such as TAVI valve emboli, intra-aortic balloon occlusion, mitral leaflet tear, and more!

Strategies to handle complications during interventions for structural heart disease

Learnings from a decade-long experience of transcatheter mitral valve repair procedures with MitraClipTM

15 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to learn more about the patient selection and procedure for MitraClip, and discover how to decide endpoint and assess procedural outcome after this intervention, and how to avoid potential complications, such as chordal entanglement. 

Learnings from a decade-long experience of TMVR procedures with MitraClipTM

Stroke Prevention Day - Essentials in LAA closure

14 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to learn more about patient selection for LAA closure, the importance of TEE/CT imaging to identify LAA anatomy/morphology, and discover how to detect immediate/late complications and how to manage them, thanks to a selection of various challenging cases.

Stroke Prevention Day - Essentials in LAA closure

MitraClip for the beginners

17 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019

Consult this session to learn more about the actual MitraClip procedure based on angiography and TEE, and discover why the minimum invasive treatment is currently required and which patients can benefit from MitraClip. 

MitraClip for the beginners

Latest topics of mitral valve interventions

17 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019

Consult this session to learn all about the latest topics regarding mitral valve interventions: long-term outcomes after MitraClip for functional vs. degenerative mitral regurgitation, feasibility of electric cardioversion immediately after transcatheter percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral repair, and more!

Latest topics of mitral valve interventions

Most interesting novel devices for the treatment of valvular heart disease

17 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019

Consult this session to learn more about innovative perspectives for the interventional treatment of valvular heart disease, and discover some new devices which may truly impact your practice of transcatheter valve therapies in the future.

Most interesting novel devices for the treatment of valvular heart disease