• medical treatment

Cardiac catheterization, transluminal coronary angioplasty (Chiba Nishi General Hospital) 

implementation facility
  • Chiba Nishi General Hospital
Facility Details
program name
Cardiac catheterization, transluminal coronary angioplasty (Chiba Nishi General Hospital) 
genre
  • medical treatment:Heart disease、Cardiovascular diseases
program details
【Target Diseases】
Ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction)

【Features】
Coronary catheter intervention is a treatment that widens narrowed coronary arteries to improve blood flow.
In patients with ischemic heart disease, the coronary arteries narrowed by atherosclerotic plaques are expanded to increase blood flow to the heart.

Our hospital has the highest number of coronary catheter intervention cases in Japan.

Reference video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZiLxiYaxr4

【Department】
Department of Cardiology

【Attending Physician】
Kazuo Misumi, MD, PhD
Hospital Director / Chief of Cardiology

【Education and Licenses】
Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1982
Medical License – California, USA
Medical License – Hawaii, USA

【Certifications and Professional Memberships】
Board-Certified Specialist, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Board-Certified Cardiologist, Japanese Circulation Society
Instructor and Councilor, Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT)
Councilor, Japanese Coronary Association
Member, Japan Geriatrics Society
consultation day
Monday – Friday
duration (days)
4 days
requirement, condition for apply
Postoperative follow-up examinations are performed at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year after surgery using catheter examination.
After that, imaging with a 256-slice multi-detector CT scanner is required.

For patient acceptance, please send the medical images by email. Our physicians will review the images and provide an appointment schedule only for patients who are considered eligible for treatment at our hospital.
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