BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: While Prof. Dr. Yukio Ozaki is an interventional cardiologist having specialty in the field of acute myocardial infarction (Ozaki Y. et al; CVIT expert consensus document on primary PCI for AMI in 2018. Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2018;33:178-203), coronary imaging such as OCT, IVUS, NIRS, angioscopy, CT angiography as well as structural heart disease (SHD). While Dr. Yukio Ozaki is the first Japanese fellow under the supervision of Prof. Patrick W. Serruys in the Thoraxcenter Erasmus University Rotterdam, he defended his thesis entitled “Clinical Application of IVUS and QCA to Assess PCI and Atherosclerosis” at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Based on his Rotterdam experience, Prof. Dr. Yukio Ozaki proposed for the first time that intact fibrous cap ACS (IFC-ACS) by OCT and angioscopy would be plaque erosion (EHJ 2011), reported firstly integrated backscatter IVUS defined thin cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) in comparison with OCT (Circ J 2015), initially examine the fate of incomplete stent apposition (ISA) in DES by OCT (EHJ 2010). While Yukio Ozaki, Sadako Motoyama and Jagat Narula initially reported that positive remodeling (PR) and low attenuation plaque (LAP) are crucial factors in ACS lesions by CT angiography, they published these features could predict the occurrence of future ACS and play a role in the long-term prognosis for the first time (JACC 2007, JACC 2009 & JACC 2015). Subsequently, Dr. Ozaki’s CITATION INDEX has reached 7,214 by Pure System in Elsevier in December 2019.
Heart and vessels 34(12) 1899-1908 2019年12月 [査読有り]
It is known that incidence and short-term mortality rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) tend to be higher in the cold season. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of onset-season with patient characteristics and long-term ...
Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics 34(4) 297-304 2019年10月 [査読有り]
This study evaluated whether radial access intervention had a lower risk of post-treatment adverse events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) even in Japan where the use of a strong antithrombotic regimen was not approved. We retrospectively analyzed...
International journal of hematology 110(3) 285-294 2019年9月 [査読有り]
Soluble forms of platelet membrane proteins are released upon platelet activation. We previously reported that soluble C-type lectin-like receptor 2 (sCLEC-2) is released as a shed fragment (Shed CLEC-2) or as a whole molecule associated with plat...
Kawai H   Ohta M   Motoyama S   Hashimoto Y   Takahashi H   Muramatsu T   Sarai M   Narula J   Ozaki Y   
Prati F   Romagnoli E   Gatto L   La Manna A   Burzotta F   Ozaki Y   Marco V   Boi A   Fineschi M   Fabbiocchi F   Taglieri N   Niccoli G   Trani C   Versaci F   Calligaris G   Ruscica G   Di Giorgio A   Vergallo R   Albertucci M   Biondi-Zoccai G   Tamburino C   Crea F   Alfonso F   Arbustini E   CLIMA Investigators   
Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics 33(1) 11-22 2018年1月
Vascular reparative therapy has become a reality with bioresorbable scaffolds (BRSs). To assess acute and long-term performance of the device, multimodality imaging would be essential. Radiopacity of metal hinders the imaging assessment, whereas r...
Background: Satisfaction among early-career cardiologists is a key performance metric for cardiovascular (CV) educational programs. To assess the time trend in the interest and activities of early-career cardiologists regarding their training, we ...
Background: The results of previous clinical trials on the effects of ezetimibe-statin combination therapy on atherosclerosis are inconsistent, and the anti-atherosclerotic effect of ezetimibe remains controversial. Methods and Results: We conduct...
Ito H   Motoyama S   Sarai M   Kawai H   Nagahara Y   Harigaya H   Kan S   Naruse H   Ishii J   Ozaki Y   
Shiino K   Sugimoto K   Yamada A   Inuzuka H   Kato M   Sone M   Takada K   Sugimoto K   Takagi Y   Iwase M   Ozaki Y   
Naruse H   Ishii J   Okuyama R   Ohta M   Hashimoto T   Hattori K   Okumura M   Mori Y   Matsui S   Izawa H   Ozaki Y   
Ito H   Motoyama S   Sarai M   Kawai H   Nagahara Y   Takada K   Okumura M   Naruse H   Ishii J   Ozaki Y