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ReviewCardiovascular intervention and therapeutics2026

Angiography- and IVUS-tip-detection-guided 3D wiring for CTO and non-CTO percutaneous coronary interventions.

Atsunori Okamura, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kota Tanaka, Satoshi Suzuki, Masato Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Nagai, Tomohiro Yamasaki, Kazunori Yamaji, Katsutoshi Kawamura, Naotaka Okamoto and 5 more

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Review in Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Atsunori OkamuraCardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital, NAKANOSHIMA QROSS 4-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, 530-0005, Osaka, Japan. a_okamura@watanabe-hsp.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0934-1955
Ryohei YoshikawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sanda City Hospital, Sanda, Japan.
Kota TanakaCardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital, NAKANOSHIMA QROSS 4-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, 530-0005, Osaka, Japan.
Satoshi SuzukiDepartment of Cardiology, Kindai University Nara Hospital, Nara, Japan.
Masato IshikawaDepartment of Cardiology, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan.
Hiroyuki NagaiCardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital, NAKANOSHIMA QROSS 4-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, 530-0005, Osaka, Japan.
Tomohiro YamasakiCardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital, NAKANOSHIMA QROSS 4-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, 530-0005, Osaka, Japan.
Kazunori YamajiDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Katsutoshi KawamuraDepartment of Radiology, Kindai University Nara Hospital, Nara, Japan.
Naotaka OkamotoDivision of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
Takayuki IshiharaCardiovascular Center, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.
Wataru NagamatsuDepartment of Cardiology, Hokusetsu General Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Takeshi SerikawaDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshiaki ItoCardiovascular Center, Saiseikai Yokohama City Eastern Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Heitaro WatanabeCardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital, NAKANOSHIMA QROSS 4-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, 530-0005, Osaka, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise navigation of a guidewire tip to a target within the three-dimensional (3D) structure of a coronary artery-controlled from 140 cm away-requires "3D wiring," a technique involving wire manipulation based on 3D imaging. Hypothesizing that 3D wiring enables the standardization of wiring techniques for chronic total occlusion (CTO) intervention, we have established a 3D wiring method utilizing fluoroscopy and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). As a first step to visualize guidewire movement within CTO lesions, we collaborated with Terumo Corporation to develop the Navifocus WR in 2012, a CTO-specific IVUS featuring a small diameter and a short tip. Observing guidewire movement during CTO PCI using this IVUS provided the insights necessary to understand how the shaft and tip must be visualized to facilitate effective 3D wiring. We first established angiography-guided 3D wiring using "3D imaging rules" in 2014. Subsequently, to achieve real-time IVUS-guided 3D wiring, we devised the tip detection (TD) method in 2017 and developed the AnteOwl WR IVUS (Terumo Corporation)-a short-tip, pullback-compatible catheter-in 2019, establishing a strategic approach for TD-intra-plaque tracking. Contrary to the traditional view that IVUS guidance is limited to intra-plaque tracking, our 2021 findings show that re-entry is routinely feasible through TD-guided perpendicular puncture (TD-ADR: Antegrade Dissection and Re-entry). This evolution elevated the TD method into a more robust technique for wire crossing. This review aims to systematically organize the theory of 3D wiring and disseminate this knowledge to the global community.

Indexed as

Coronary AngiographyCoronary OcclusionCoronary VesselsImaging, Three-DimensionalPercutaneous Coronary InterventionUltrasonography, InterventionalHumans3D wiringChronic total occlusionTip detection method

Identifiers

PMID42050062
PMCPMC13582122

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