Satoru Sumitsuji

Education & Professional Activities
Education
Medical College: Faculty of Medicine, National University of Kumamoto 1983-1990
Residency: Internal Medicine, Itami Municipal Hospital Jun 1990 - May 1993
Resident Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular diseases Jun 1993 - Dec 1994

Organization
2007.04.01 - 2016.03.31, Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor

Career
Appointments
Fellow, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular diseases Jan 1995 - May 1998
Co-director of Cardiology, Cardiology of Heart Center, Rinku General Medical Center Jun 1998 - Jun 2005
Lecturer (part-time) of Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University (former Department of 2nd Internal Medicine) Apr 2002 - Mar 2003
Director of Interventional Cardiology Jul 2005 - Mar 2006
Director of Heart Center, Heart Center, Nagoya Tokushukai Hospital Apr 2006 - Oct 2006
Director of Heart Center, Heart Center, Nozaki Tokushukai Hospital Apr 2006 – Mar 2012
Vice President of Nozaki Tokushukai Hospital Nov 2006 – Mar 2012
Associate Professor of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Osaka Univ. Apr 2007 – Mar 2016
Director of Heart Center, Heart Center, Ogaki Tokushukai Hospital Apr 2008 – Jun 2010
Endowed Chair Professor, International Division of Cardiology for Education and Research of Osaka University Apr 2016 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Yonsei Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine Sept 2016 - Present

Interventional Cardiology Experience
Dr. S. Sumitsuji has been invited as a main operator for more than 100 live demonstrations that are considered as major cardiovascular society all of the world. He has been introducing PCI treatment with using imaging technologies especially in intravascular ultrasound and heart CTs for more than 300 cases at the host facilities of live courses.
He was invited as an operator, and also as a preceptor not only in Japan but also in foreign countries including Asia, Oceania, Middle East, and USA in recent years.

Invited Live Demonstration Courses as a main PCI Operator

Domestic (prefecture)
Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Fukushima, Yamanashi, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Aichi, Toyama, Ishikawa, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, Hyogo, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Kagoshima, Okinawa

International (country)
Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, India, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, United States of America, Switzerland, Italy, Philippines, Viet Nam, Columbia, Tunisia, Brazil, Kazakhstan

Experienced over 7000 PCI cases which included coronary stenting, directional coronary atherectomy (DCA), rotational atherectomy (Rotablator) , cutting balloon angioplasty and balloon angioplasty.
Experienced over 6000 IVUS guided PCI cases and more than 1000 Chronic Total Occlusion PCI cases up to today.

Credentials

Fellow of American College of Cardiology Feb. 1, 2006
Fellow of Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology of Interventional Cardiology Oct. 1, 2001
Senior Fellow of Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology Oct. 1, 2001

Affiliated Organizations
Society Memberships
Board member of Asia-Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology：APSIC
Board member of Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Imaging & Dynamics
Member of Japanese Circulation Society
Member of Japanese College of Cardiology

Research Activities
AHA：1995, 1997 ACC： 1996, 1997, 2004-2006 2008-2009, 2015
TCT：1995, 2000, 2006 – 2016
Euro PCR：2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016
Asia PCR：2012-2016
TCTAP：2008~2014, 2016
CIT：2010~1015 Japanese Circulation Society： 1995-1999, 2001-2016 Japanese College of Cardiology： 1995-2001, 2003-2007, 2009 Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology： 1995-2009
Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Catheterization and Therapeutics: 2004, 2006-2016
Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics: 2004-2008, 2014
Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics 2009-2016

Research & Publications
Research
1. Published papers in peer-reviewed journals

Sumitsuji S, Ide S, Siegrist P, Salah Y, Yokoi K, Yoshida M, Awata M, Yamasaki K, Tachibana K, Kaneda H, Nanto S, Sakata Y
Reproducibility and clinical potential of myocardial mass at risk calculated by a novel software utilizing cardiac computed tomography information.
Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics, 31(3), 218-225. Doi: 10.1007/s12928-015-0370-0

Sumitsuji S, Inoue K, Ochiai M, Tsuchikane E, Ikeno F.
Fundamental wire technique and current standard strategy of percutaneous intervention for chronic total occlusion with histopathological insights.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Sep;4(9):941-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.06.011. Review.
PMID: 21939933 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Sumitsuji S, Katoh O, Tsuchikane E, Otsuji S, Tateyama H, Awata N, Kobayashi T.
Role of plaque proliferation in late lumen loss after directional coronary atherectomy.
Circ J. 2002 Apr;66(4):362-6.
PMID: 11954950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article

Preliminary report on a cost-utility analysis of revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention for ischemic heart disease.
Takura T, Tachibana K, Isshiki T, Sumitsuji S, Kuroda T, Mizote I, Ide S, Nanto S.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2016 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 27230087

Role of intraprocedural coronary computed tomographic angiography in percutaneous coronary
intervention of chronic total occlusion.
Kim BK, Sumitsuji S, Cho I, Hong MK, Kim JS, Chang HJ, Jang Y.
EuroIntervention. 2015 May 7;11(1). pii: 20140328-03. doi: 10.4244/EIJY15M05_01. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract
available.
PMID: 25947279 Free Article

Contrast-free diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease guided by integrated cardiac
imaging: concept and first clinical experience.
Siegrist PT, Sumitsuji S, Kumada M, Kaneda H, Tachibana K, Nanto S.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2015 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 25612793

A novel homemade snare, safe, economical and size adjustable.
Yokoi K, Sumitsuji S, Kaneda H, Siegrist PT, Okayama K, Ide S, Mizote I, Kumada M, Kuroda T, Tachibana K, Sakata Y, Nanto S.
EuroIntervention. 2014 Mar 13. pii: 20130208-01. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
24642569

Safety margin of minimized contrast volume during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Ogata N, Ikari Y, Nanasato M, Okutsu M, Kametani R, Abe M, Uehara Y, Sumitsuji S.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2014 Jul;29(3):209-15. doi: 10.1007/s12928-014-0245-9. Epub 2014 Jan 29.
PMID:
24474044

The utility of ultrasonic tissue characterization of carotid plaque in the prediction of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients.
Irie Y, Katakami N, Kaneto H, Takahara M, Nishio M, Kasami R, Sakamoto K, Umayahara Y, Sumitsuji S, Ueda Y, Kosugi K, Shimomura I.
Atherosclerosis. 2013 Oct;230(2):399-405. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.08.015. Epub 2013 Aug 26.
PMID:
24075774

Reversed C-arm projection for reduction of focal skin radiation exposure: experimental analysis and first clinical experience.
Yokoi K, Sumitsuji S, Kaneda H, Siegrist PT, Tachibana K, Nanto S.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2014 Apr;29(2):167-72. doi: 10.1007/s12928-013-0206-8. Epub 2013 Aug 31.
PMID:
23996109

Endovascular coil embolization of Behçet disease-related giant aneurysm of the right coronary artery after failure of surgical suture.
Siegrist PT, Sumitsuji S, Osuga K, Sakaguchi T, Tachibana K, Nanto S.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Jun;6(6):e31-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.12.134. No abstract available.
PMID:
23787243

The utility of carotid ultrasonography in identifying severe coronary artery disease in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients without history of coronary artery disease.
Irie Y, Katakami N, Kaneto H, Nishio M, Kasami R, Sakamoto K, Umayahara Y, Sumitsuji S, Ueda Y, Kosugi K, Shimomura I.
Diabetes Care. 2013 May;36(5):1327-34. doi: 10.2337/dc12-1327. Epub 2013 Feb 12.
PMID:
23404302

A case of successful percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion using the reversed guidewire technique.
Ide S, Sumitsuji S, Kaneda H, Kassaian SE, Ostovan MA, Nanto S.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2013 Jul;28(3):282-6. doi: 10.1007/s12928-012-0156-6. Epub 2013 Jan 13.
PMID:
23315194

Elevated serum heart-type fatty acid-binding protein in the convalescent stage predicts long-term outcome in patients surviving acute myocardial infarction.
Matsumoto S, Nakatani D, Sakata Y, Suna S, Shimizu M, Usami M, Hara M, Sumitsuji S, Nanto S, Sasaki T, Hamasaki T, Sato H, Hori M, Komuro I; Osaka Acute Coronary Insufficiency Study (OACIS) Group.
Circ J. 2013;77(4):1026-32. Epub 2012 Dec 29.
PMID:
23291993

Incidence, predictors, and subsequent mortality risk of recurrent myocardial infarction in patients following discharge for acute myocardial infarction.
Nakatani D, Sakata Y, Suna S, Usami M, Matsumoto S, Shimizu M, Sumitsuji S, Kawano S, Ueda Y, Hamasaki T, Sato H, Nanto S, Hori M, Komuro I; Osaka Acute Coronary Insufficiency Study (OACIS) Investigators.
Circ J. 2013;77(2):439-46. Epub 2012 Oct 17.
PMID:
23075765

Failed depiction of patent bypass graft due to presence of large lateral costal artery.
Nishi H, Sakaguchi T, Miyagawa S, Yoshikawa Y, Fukushima S, Sumitsuji S, Sawa Y.
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;18(3):275-7.
PMID:
22791007

Coexistence of visceral fat and multiple risk factor accumulations is strongly associated with coronary artery disease in Japanese (the VACATION-J study).
Hiuge-Shimizu A, Kishida K, Funahashi T, Okutsu M, Kametani R, Kobayashi H, Nozaki Y, Nomura A, Yokoi H, Yoshizumi T, Ohira T, Nakamura T, Matsuzawa Y, Sumitsuji S, Shimomura I.
J Atheroscler Thromb. 2012;19(7):657-63. Epub 2012 May 4.
PMID:
22472215

Maximum carotid intima-media thickness improves the prediction ability of coronary artery stenosis in type 2 diabetic patients without history of coronary artery disease.
Irie Y, Katakami N, Kaneto H, Kasami R, Sumitsuji S, Yamasaki K, Tachibana K, Kuroda T, Sakamoto K, Umayahara Y, Ueda Y, Kosugi K, Shimomura I.
Atherosclerosis. 2012 Apr;221(2):438-44. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.01.022. Epub 2012 Jan 21.
PMID:
22321873

Carotid intima-media thickness, but not visceral fat area or adiponectin, correlates with intracoronary stenosis detected by multislice computed tomography in people with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
Nakanishi-Minami T, Kishida K, Nakagawa Y, Nakatsuji H, Kuroda Y, Okauchi Y, Yamasaki K, Nojima Y, Tsujii K, Kumada M, Tachibana K, Nakamura T, Sumitsuji S, Funahashi T, Shimomura I.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 Jan;95(1):e23-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.10.022. Epub 2011 Nov 8.
PMID:
22071433

Fundamental wire technique and current standard strategy of percutaneous intervention for chronic total occlusion with histopathological insights.
Sumitsuji S, Inoue K, Ochiai M, Tsuchikane E, Ikeno F.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Sep;4(9):941-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.06.011. Review.
PMID:
21939933

Oral treatment with nicorandil at discharge is associated with reduced mortality after acute myocardial infarction.
Sakata Y, Nakatani D, Shimizu M, Suna S, Usami M, Matsumoto S, Hara M, Sumitsuji S, Kawano S, Iwakura K, Hamasaki T, Sato H, Nanto S, Hori M, Komuro I.
J Cardiol. 2012 Jan;59(1):14-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.08.001. Epub 2011 Sep 15.
PMID:
21924584

[Noninvasive assessment of coronary artery with substantial contrast volume reduction using 320-detector row computed tomography: a feasibility study].
Maruo H, Ueguchi T, Tanaka C, Yamazaki K, Sumitsuji S.
Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi. 2011;67(2):145-51. Japanese.
PMID:
21467732

Relationship between carotid intima-media thickness and the presence and extent of coronary stenosis in type 2 diabetic patients with carotid atherosclerosis but without history of coronary artery disease.
Kasami R, Kaneto H, Katakami N, Sumitsuji S, Yamasaki K, Kuroda T, Tachibana K, Yasuda T, Kuroda A, Matsuoka TA, Matsuhisa M, Shimomura I.
Diabetes Care. 2011 Feb;34(2):468-70. doi: 10.2337/dc10-1222.
PMID:
21270201

Analysis of the long-term effects of drug-eluting stents on coronary arterial wall morphology as assessed by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound.
Kubo T, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Garcia-Garcia HM, Serruys PW, Suzuki T, Klauss V, Sumitsuji S, Lerman A, Marso SP, Margolis MP, Margolis JR, Foster MC, De Bruyne B, Leon MB, Stone GW.
Am Heart J. 2010 Feb;159(2):271-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.11.008.
PMID:
20152226

Effect of culprit-lesion remodeling versus plaque rupture on three-year outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Okura H, Kobayashi Y, Sumitsuji S, Terashima M, Kataoka T, Masutani M, Ohyanagi M, Shimada K, Taguchi H, Yasuga Y, Takeda Y, Ohashi Y, Awano K, Fujii K, Mintz GS.
Am J Cardiol. 2009 Mar 15;103(6):791-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.030. Epub 2009 Jan 21.
PMID:
19268733

Assessment of coronary stenosis by a 16-slice MDCT scanner in asymptomatic diabetic patients starting dialysis therapy.
Iio K, Nagasawa Y, Kimura T, Yamasaki K, Takeda Y, Hamano T, Iwatani H, Sumitsuji S, Nagai Y, Ito T, Imai E, Hayashi T.
Nephron Clin Pract. 2008;109(2):c72-9. doi: 10.1159/000139992. Epub 2008 Jun 18.
PMID:
18560241

Cardiac troponin T predicts occult coronary artery stenosis in patients with chronic kidney disease at the start of renal replacement therapy.
Hayashi T, Obi Y, Kimura T, Iio K, Sumitsuji S, Takeda Y, Nagai Y, Imai E.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Sep;23(9):2936-42. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfn181. Epub 2008 Apr 10.
PMID:
18403432

Clinical significance of high-molecular weight form of adiponectin in male patients with coronary artery disease.
Komura N, Kihara S, Sonoda M, Kumada M, Fujita K, Hiuge A, Okada T, Nakagawa Y, Tamba S, Kuroda Y, Hayashi N, Sumitsuji S, Kawamoto T, Matsumoto S, Ouchi N, Arita Y, Okamoto Y, Shimomura I, Funahashi T, Matsuzawa Y; Osaka CAD Group.
Circ J. 2008 Jan;72(1):23-8. Erratum in: Circ J. 2008 Mar;72(3):508.
PMID:
18159094

Isolated dissecting aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery: intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images.
Iwase K, Sando K, Ito T, Mikata S, Mizushima T, Kainuma S, Sumitsuji S.
Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Jun;54(76):1161-3.
PMID:
17629061

Successful surgical treatment of an infected right coronary artery aneurysm-to-right ventricle fistula after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation.
Kishida K, Nakaoka H, Sumitsuji S, Nakatsuji H, Ihara M, Nojima Y, Shimomura I, Nagai Y.
Intern Med. 2007;46(12):865-71. Epub 2007 Jun 15.
PMID:
17575380

[Perioperative multivessel coronary vasospasm as a cause of cardiogenic shock immediately after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a case report].
Takeda Y, Yasuga Y, Kitazume R, Hayashi N, Nakagawa Y, Nojima Y, Sumitsuji S, Masai T, Nagai Y, Sasako Y, Nakano S.
J Cardiol. 2005 Feb;45(2):61-8. Japanese.
PMID:
15768608

[Young woman with repeated late stent thrombosis: a case report].
Kitazume R, Yasuga Y, Hayashi N, Takeda Y, Nakagawa Y, Nojima Y, Sumitsuji S, Nagai Y.
J Cardiol. 2005 Jan;45(1):19-26. Japanese.
PMID:
15700926

The safety and efficacy of "pre-closure" utilizing the Closer suture-mediated vascular closure device for achievement of hemostasis in patients following coronary interventions: results of the second Perclose Accelerated Ambulation and Discharge (PARADISE II) Trial.
Nasu K, Tsuchikane E, Sumitsuji S, Tsuji T, Tamai H.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2005 Jan;17(1):30-3.
PMID:
15640537

Adiponectin I164T mutation is associated with the metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease.
Ohashi K, Ouchi N, Kihara S, Funahashi T, Nakamura T, Sumitsuji S, Kawamoto T, Matsumoto S, Nagaretani H, Kumada M, Okamoto Y, Nishizawa H, Kishida K, Maeda N, Hiraoka H, Iwashima Y, Ishikawa K, Ohishi M, Katsuya T, Rakugi H, Ogihara T, Matsuzawa Y.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Apr 7;43(7):1195-200.
PMID:
15063429

[Tako-tsubo-like transient left ventricular dysfunction with apical thrombus formation: a case report].
Yasuga Y, Inoue M, Takeda Y, Kitazume R, Hayashi N, Nakagawa Y, Mitsusada N, Nojima Y, Sumitsuji S, Nagai Y.
J Cardiol. 2004 Feb;43(2):75-80. Japanese.
PMID:
15017787

Clinical effectiveness of the Prostar XL suture-mediated percutaneous vascular closure device following PCI: results of the Perclose AcceleRated Ambulation and DISchargE (PARADISE) Trial.
Nasu K, Tsuchikane E, Sumitsuji S; PARADISE Investigators.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2003 May;15(5):251-6.
PMID:
12730632

Association of hypoadiponectinemia with coronary artery disease in men.
Kumada M, Kihara S, Sumitsuji S, Kawamoto T, Matsumoto S, Ouchi N, Arita Y, Okamoto Y, Shimomura I, Hiraoka H, Nakamura T, Funahashi T, Matsuzawa Y; Osaka CAD Study Group. Coronary artery disease.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Jan 1;23(1):85-9.
PMID:
12524229

Association of adiponectin mutation with type 2 diabetes: a candidate gene for the insulin resistance syndrome.
Kondo H, Shimomura I, Matsukawa Y, Kumada M, Takahashi M, Matsuda M, Ouchi N, Kihara S, Kawamoto T, Sumitsuji S, Funahashi T, Matsuzawa Y.
Diabetes. 2002 Jul;51(7):2325-8.
PMID:
12086969

Role of plaque proliferation in late lumen loss after directional coronary atherectomy.
Sumitsuji S, Katoh O, Tsuchikane E, Otsuji S, Tateyama H, Awata N, Kobayashi T.
Circ J. 2002 Apr;66(4):362-6.
PMID:
11954950

Final results of the CAPAS trial.
Izumi M, Tsuchikane E, Funamoto M, Kobayashi T, Sumitsuji S, Otsuji S, Sakurai M, Kobayashi T, Awata N.
Am Heart J. 2001 Nov;142(5):782-9.
PMID:
11685163

Tangier disease with continuous massive and longitudinal diffuse calcification in the coronary arteries : demonstration by the sagittal images of intravascular ultrasonography.
Komuro R, Yamashita S, Sumitsuji S, Hirano K, Maruyama T, Nishida M, Matsuura F, Matsuyama A, Sugimoto T, Ouchi N, Sakai N, Nakamura T, Funahashi T, Matsuzawa Y.
Circulation. 2000 May 23;101(20):2446-8. No abstract available.
PMID:
10821824

Final results of the STent versus directional coronary Atherectomy Randomized Trial (START)
Tsuchikane E, Sumitsuji S, Awata N, Nakamura T, Kobayashi T, Izumi M, Otsuji S, Tateyama H, Sakurai M, Kobayashi T.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Oct;34(4):1050-7.
PMID:
10520789

Percutaneous revascularization of lesions with saphenous vein graft failure: influence of chronic total occlusion on early outcome.
Yasuda H, Hiraishi T, Ohtsuji S, Tateyama H, Tsuchikane E, Katoh O, Sumitsuji S, Awata N, Kobayashi T.
Jpn Circ J. 1998 Sep;62(9):687-90.
PMID:
9766708

Comparison of quantitative coronary angiographic results after directional coronary atherectomy and balloon angioplasty of protected left main coronary stenosis.
Yasuda H, Hiraishi T, Sumitsuji S, Nakagawa Y, Fukuhara A, Tsuchikane E, Katoh O, Awata N, Kobayashi T.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1998 Jun;44(2):138-41.
PMID:
9637433

Impact of cilostazol on intimal proliferation after directional coronary atherectomy.
Tsuchikane E, Katoh O, Sumitsuji S, Fukuhara A, Funamoto M, Otsuji S, Tateyama H, Awata N, Kobayashi T.
Am Heart J. 1998 Mar;135(3):495-502.
PMID:
9506336

[Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, histologically presenting Ki-1 positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma].
Hashimoto K, Ikeda H, Sumitsuji S, Kotani K, Tsuji M, Kawakami F, Aozasa K, Kanayama Y, Tago H.
Rinsho Ketsueki. 1992 Nov;33(11):1725-9. Japanese.
PMID:
1335094

Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】
Cardiac computed tomography-derived myocardial mass at risk using the Voronoi-based segmentation algorithm: A histological validation study., Ide S, Sumitsuji S, Yamaguchi O, Sakata Y, J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr.，11(3) 179-182, 2017.06, Papers

Publications
2. Textbook Chapters, invited articles and reviews
Book Chapters

Sumitsuji S: 4. IVUS guidance VIII. The Techniques to Cypher Stenting , p271-279, Drug-Eluting Stent Part 2 (Japanese) ed. Yamaguchi T, Igaku-Shoin Oct. 2006.

Sumitsuji S: Utilize Heart CT in PCI, p86-94, New Cardiac Disease Clinical Practice 8. Make a Diagnosis of Heart with Images; Focusing around CT, MRI and Nuclear Medicine (Japanese) ed. Kuribayashi Y, Bunkoudou Sep. 2006.

Sumitsuji S: IVUS guided PCI – the efficacy of IVUS during the PCI – p124-137, IVUS Manual (Japanese) ed. Honye J, Saito S, Nakayama-Shoten June 2006.

Sato M, Sumitsuji S: MDCT, I PCI, p222-229, Catheter Intervention [New Illustrated Textbook of Cardiology 20] (Japanese) ed. Mitsudo K, Medical View June 2006.

Sumitsuji S: 11) DES Stenting guided by IVUS, [Tips for choosing and using PCI devices.] p60-62, Tips and Pitfall for PCI (Japanese) ed. Ishiki T, Nakayama-Shoten July 2005.

Sumitsuji S: 38) Solving Approach and Prediction of Coronary Perforation by using IVUS, DES Stenting guided by IVUS, [Prevention of Complication and Restenosis.] p254-257, Tips and Pitfall for PCI (Japanese) ed. Ishiki T, Nakayama-Shoten July 2005.

Sumitsuji S: Section 2 Application of IVUS, Chapter IV Application of IVUS for Complex Lesion, Coronary Intervention (Japanese) ed. Katoh O, Suzuki T, Tamai H. Nankoudou Nov. 2004

Sumitsuji S, Hori S: Coronary injury. IVR for emergent cases. (Japanese) ed. Kumazaki T, Nakajima Y. Medicalview 2003.

Sumitsuji S: IVUS. New Approach for Coronary Circulation. (Japanese) ed. Yamaguchi T, Saitou S. Nankoudou 2002.

Sumitsuji S: CTO strategy in Rinku General Medical Center. Indication and Strategy of PTCA for Chronic Total Occluded lesions. (Japanese) ed. Mitsudou K, Katoh O. Miwa-shoten 2001.

Aritcles

Sumitsuji S: d. MDCT, 10. Diagnostic Modalities [Special Feature] Keywords for PCI, Heart View, vol.10, No. 12 2006; 161-164 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: MD-CT and IRI [Special Feature] Transradial Intervention, Coronary Intervention, vol.2, No. 3 2006; 57-62 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: 3. The efficacy of slav MIP image constructed by CT scanner, Cardiac Imaging 2006 by using multi-modalities, [Clinical Application] New Strategies for Early Diagnostics & Treatments, The Real World and its Strategies by using Multi-sliced CT. INNERVISION, vol.21, No. 5 2006; 9-13 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: 3) IVUS I. Heart/Vessel 1. A new trend for ultrasound technology in cardiology. SougouRinshou, Ultrasound Atlas for Clinician vol. 54 2005; 18-29 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: The role of Multi-sliced CT in coronary intervention, Full Review; Accelerating the revolution of Mult-sliced CT. Gekkan Shiniryo. 2004; 31(10) 68-71 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S:. The efficacy of Cardiac CT viewed in an interventionalist perspective, User’s Report. Inner Vision. 2004; 19(8); 98-101 (Japanese)

Takeda Y, Sumitsuji S: 1. Predictor of coronary perforation, Complications for PCI. Coronary Intervention. 2004; 3(3);10-15 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: 4. Effective IVUS application for PCI treatment in LMCA lesions, Challenge in Left Main. Coronary Intervention. 2004; 3(2);29-33 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: 10. Efficacy of IVUS in CTO lesions, Chronic Total Occlution. Coronary Intervention. 2003; 3(1);58-64 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: 7. IVUS optimized direct stenting, Coronary Stenting, Coronary Intervention. 2003; 2(2);42-47 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: 8. The importance of IVUS by understanding three-dimentional perspective, A role of IVUS in PCI, Coronary Intervention. 2002; 1(2);49-50 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: Case Review: Bx VelocityTM stent effected severe ischemic heart failure after bypass graft surgery with complex lesion case. Coronary Intervention. 2002; 1(2);124-125 (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: IVUS optimized PCI, Final, [Diagnose a coronary disease by IVUS and Angiography], Sougou Junkanki Care. 2002; 2(6) (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: Clinical case application of IVUS and Angiography, Part V, [Diagnose a coronary disease by IVUS and Angiography], Sougou Junkanki Care. 2002; 2(5) (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: Clinical case application of IVUS and Angiography, Part IV, [Diagnose a coronary disease by IVUS and Angiography], Sougou Junkanki Care. 2002; 2(4) (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: Clinical case application of IVUS and Angiography, Part III [Diagnose a coronary disease by IVUS and Angiography], Sougou Junkanki Care. 2002; 2(3) (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: Relation between IVUS and Angiography, Part II, [Diagnose a coronary disease by IVUS and Angiography], Sougou Junkanki Care. 2002; 2(2) (Japanese)

Sumitsuji S: What is IVUS?, Part I, [Diagnose a coronary disease by IVUS and Angiography], Sougou Junkanki Care. 2002; 2(1) (Japanese)

3. Miscellaneous
Book
1. Sumitsuji S, Nakaya A: IVUS and Logical Intervention. Medical Sense 2003 (Japanese)

Book Chapter
Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology, 3rd edition