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Curriculum Vitae

 

Yoshihiro Suematsu, M.D., Ph.D.

Division of Cardiac Surgery

London Health Sciences Centre

University of Western Ontario

 


PERSONAL DETAILS

 

Name:                   Yoshihiro Suematsu

Sex:                   Male

Date of Birth:                   August 6, 1968

Place of Birth:                   Gifu, Japan

Nationality:                   Japanese

Marital Status:                   Married

Private Address: 675 Windermere rd., APT# 2, London, Ontario N5X 4G2, Canada

Telephone and Fax Number:  519-432-6997

 

 

BUSSINESS ADDRESS

 

Division of Cardiac Surgery

London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario

339 Windermere Road, London

Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5

E-mail: suematsu@rogers.com

 

 

EDUCATION

 

1987                              Graduated from Zuiryo High School

1994                              M.D., Shiga University of Medical Science

1999-2003                   Postgraduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo

2003                   Ph.D., University of Tokyo


LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

 

1994                   Passed the Examination of National Board

1999                   National Board of Surgery

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

1994.4-1996.3 Intern, Department of Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Nagoya Hospital, Nagoya

1996.4-1998.3 Resident, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka

1998.4-2000.3 Resident, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo

1999.8-2003.3 Lecturer of the Department of Pharmacology, Aichi Medical University

2000.7-2000.10 Staff surgeon, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo

1999.4-2003.3 postgraduate student, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital

2003.4-2005.3 Research fellow, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children¡Çs hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

2005.4-        Clinical fellow, Department of Cardiac Surgery, London Health Science Center, University of Western Ontario

                   Reseach consultant, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children¡Çs hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

 

FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS

 

(1) 2002 Investigator award, 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine.

 

(2) 2002 Research grant, Japan Research Promotion Society for Cardiovascular Diseases

 

(3) 2003 Tokyo Medical Association, Research Award of the Year

 

(4) 2003 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

 

(5) 2005 Uehara Memorial Foundation, Research Award

 

(6) 2006 Terumo International Inviting Award

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

1994                              Japanese Surgical Society

Japanese Association of Thoracic Surgery

1998                              Japanese Society for Artificial Organs

1999                              Japanese Society for Computer Aided Surgery

2000                              Japanese Association of Coronary Artery Surgery

2001                              Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

 


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

(1)  Suematsu Y, et al. CABG patients with carotid artery disease and perioperative neurological complications. 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo. 1997.

(2)  Suematsu Y, et al. Emax measurement in an isolated crystalloid solution perfused working rat heart model. 2nd Symposium on Myocardial Protection from Surgical Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury, USA. 1997.

(3)  Sasaki H, Yamamoto F, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Hirose S, Okawara J, Takamoto S. The effects of Na/K exchange antagonist (KB-R7943) upon postischemic functional recovery in isolated rat heart. 2nd Symposium on Myocardial Protection from Surgical Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury. USA, 1997

(4)  Yamamoto F, Kobayashi J, Sasaki H, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Okawara J, Hirose S, Takamoto S. Tepid blood cardioplegia: from the aspect of temperature dependence of protective compounds. 2nd Symposium on Myocardial Protection from Surgical Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury. USA, 1997

(5)  Sasaki H, Yamamoto F, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Hirose S, Okawara J, Takamoto S. Tepid Blood Cardioplegia¡¥Kansai myocardial protection forum, Osaka. 1997

(6)  Sasaki H, Yamamoto F, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Hirose S, Okawara J, Takamoto S. Experimental study of myocardial protection using new Na-Ca exchange inhibitor¡¥27th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting. 1997.

(7)  Sasaki H, Yamamoto F, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Hirose S, Okawara J, Takamoto S. Application of new Na-Ca exchange inhibitor to myocardial protection. 97th Japanese Society for Surgery. 1997

(8)  Suematsu Y, et al. Subaortic stenosis after pulmonary artery banding for coarctation complex. 28th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Tokyo. 1998.

(9)  Sasaki H, Yamamoto F, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Hirose S, Okawara J. Ca inflow and myocardial protection - normothermia and hypothermia. 28th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Tokyo. 1998.

(10)   Suematsu Y, et al. The application of Emax measurement in an isolated crystalloid solution perfused working rat heart model. 16th World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Greece. 1998.

(11)   Okawara J, Yamamoto Y, Sasaki H, Suematsu Y, Hino Y, Hirose S, Kadohama T, Uchida T, Yagihara T, Kitamura S. The cardioprotective effects of N-methyl deoxy nojirimicin (MOR-14) in an isolated rat heart. 16th World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research. Greece, 1998

(12)   Suematsu Y, et al. Conventional coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with total occlusion of the internal carotid artery. 6th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo. 1998.

(13)   Suematsu Y, et al. Effectiveness of trans-septal superior approach in mitral valve plasty operation. 27th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Hyogo. 1998.

(14)   Suematsu Y, et al. Predictive risk factors for prolonged extubation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Sendai. 1999.

(15)   Suematsu Y, et al. Recent donation and clinical results of homograft tissue. 35th the Japan Society for Transplantation, Tsukuba. 1999.

(16)   Suematsu Y, et al. High-frequency epicardial echocardiography during coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass; experimental study. 14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Coronary Association, Hiroshima. 1999.

(17)   Suematsu Y, et al. Our Results of Homograft Implantation. 5th the Japan Society for Cryopreservation, Sendai. 1999.

(18)   Suematsu Y, et al. Influences of L-arginine on ischemic preconditioning in rat heart model. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Oita. 2000.

(19)   Miyairi T, Takamoto S, Kotsuka Y, Kubota H, Ohtsuka T, Shibata K, Ueno K, Suematsu Y, Ninomiya M, Motomura N, Morota T. Prospective evaluation of neurological dysfunction after retrograde cerebral perfusion by S-100 protein. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Oita. 2000.

(20)   Murakami A, Miyaji K, Kobayashi J, Suematsu Y, Ninomiya M, Takamoto S. Pediatric open heart surgery using transxyphoid approach. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Oita. 2000.

(21)   Murakami A, Kaneko Y, Imanaka K, Ueno K, Oiwa H, Miyaji K, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. transannular patch repair for DORV,PS,L-malposition of great arteries. 31th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting. 2001.

(22)   Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S, Miyairi T, Kubota H, Ohtsuka T, Ezure M, Ono M, Ninomiya M, Shibata K, Ueno K, Endo M, Suematsu Y. Stent grafting for thoracic aortic aneurysm. 30th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting. 2000.

(23)   Miyaji K, Burke RP, Hannan RL, Murakami A, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. Video-assisted Cardioscope for congenital cardiac repair. 30th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting. 2000.

(24)   Suematsu Y, et al. Current results of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support in cardiac surgery. 10th the Japan Society for PCPS, Nagoya. 2000.

(25)   Ohtsuka T, Takamoto S, Suematsu Y, Kubota H, Miyairi T, Kotsuka Y. Safety margin of minamillay invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in term of myocardial protection. 100th Japanese Society for Surgery, Tokyo. 2000.

(26)   Murakami A, Miyaji K, Suematsu Y, Kaneko Y, Imanaka K, Oiwa H, Takamoto S. Minimally invasive approarch for congenital cardiac surgery. 100th Japanese Society for Surgery. 2000.

(27)   Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S, Ezure M, Ono M, Shibata K, Ueno K, Suematsu Y, Miyairi T. Development and clinical application of medical device for stent grafting. 100th Japanese Society for Surgery. 2000.

(28)   Suematsu Y, et al. Transxyphoid approach for congenital cardiac operation. 3rd the Japan Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo. 2000.

(29)   Suematsu Y, et al. Image-guided Minimally invasive cardiac surgery. 31th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Tokyo. 2001.

(30)   Suematsu Y, et al. Real-time three-dimensional ultrasonography monitoring of beating intra-cardiac surgery. 9th the Japan Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasonography, Sapporo. 2001.

(31)   Maeda K, Murakami A, Suematsu Y, Takayama H, Yamaki S, Takamoto S. Glenn model and pulmonary vasculopathy. 32nd Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Kyoto. 2002.

(32)   Suematsu Y, et al. Development of ultra-minimally invasive cardiac surgery. 32nd Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Kyoto. 2002.

(33)   Ohtsuka T, Takamoto S, Motomura N, Kubota H, Suematsu Y, Kotsuka Y. Our surgical experience of modified MIDCAB¡Êaxillo-coronary artery bypass¡Ë32nd Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Kyoto. 2002.

(34)   Ninomiya M, Taketani T, Suematsu Y, Ohtsuka T, Motomura N, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Rare case of left atrial dissection after MVR. 122nd meeting of Thoracic Surgery. 2002.

(35)   Kubota H, Takamoto S, Ohtsuka T, Motomura N, Morota T, Ninomiya M, Maeda K, Takayama H, Tsukihara H, Saito A, Suematsu Y, Shibata K, Taketani T, Yamamoto T, Kotsuka Y. Pulmonary artery isolation by cryoablation from epicardial side for atrial fibrillation. 32th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Kyoto. 2002.

(36)   Suematsu Y, et al. Real-time three-dimensional ultrasonography monitoring of beating atrial septal defect closure without cardiopulmonary bypass. 102nd Japanese Society for Surgery, Kyoto. 2002.

(37)   Takamoto S, Suematsu Y, Ohtsuka T, Akahane M, Mochizuki T, Kondo Y. Clinical application of real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography. 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, Tokyo. 2002.

(38)   Suematsu Y, et al. Real-time three-dimensional ultrasonography monitoring of beating atrial septal defect. 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, Takamatsu. 2002.

(39)   Suematsu Y, et al. Intraoperative Echocardiographic Imaging of Coronary Arteries and Graft Anastmoses during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. 7th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery, Tokyo. 2002.

(40)   Suematsu Y, et al. Minimally Invasive Imaging Technique of Coronary Arteries and Graft Anastmoses during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. 10th the Japan Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasonography, Osaka. 2002.

(41)   Suematsu Y, et al. Development of anti-adhesive collagen membrane. 40th the Japanese Society of Artificial Organs, Sapporo. 2002.

(42)   Suematsu Y, et al. Anti-adhesive collagen membrane for cardiac reoperation. 2nd the Japanese Society of Regenerative Medicine, Kobe. 2003.

(43)   Suematsu Y. Current status of combination of medicine and engineering. Panel Disucussion 4th symposium of Medical Frontier, Tokyo. 2002.

(44)   Suematsu Y. Future technologies in cardiovascular surgery. Panel Disucussion 103nd Japanese Society for Surgery, Sapporo. 2003.

(45)   Suematsu Y, et al. 3-Dimensional Echo-Guided Beating-Heart Surgery without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Feasibility Study. AATS 84th Annual Meeting, Toronto. 2004.

(46)   Kitahori K, Takamoto S, Takayama H, Suematsu Y, Ono M, Motomura N, Morota T, Murakami A, Takeuchi K. retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation for brain protection; Experimental model. 57rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo, 2004.

(47)   Kitahori K, Takamoto S, Takayama H, Suematsu Y, Ono M, Motomura N, Morota T, Murakami A, Takeuchi K. A novel protocol of retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation for brain protection. American Heart Association, New Orleans, 2004.

(48)   Tsukihara H, Suematsu Y, Kitahori K, Matsuda K, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Anti-adhesive effect of new absorbable collagen membrane, Experimental evaluation. 42th the Japanese Society of Artificial Organs, Tokyo. 2004.

(49)   Tsukihara H, Suematsu Y, Kitahori K, Matsuda K, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Auto regenerative and anti-adhesive effects of collagen sheet. 57rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo, 2004.

(50)   Suematsu Y, et al. Totally Endoscopic Robotic Assisted Repair of Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Vascular Ring in Children. STS 41st Annual Meeting, Tampa. 2005.

(51)   Suematsu Y, et al. 3-Dimensional Echo Guided Beating-Heart Surgery without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Various Techniques of Atrial Septum Defect Closure in Swine Model. AATS 85th Annual Meeting, San Francisco. 2005.

(52)   Vasilyev NV, Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Triedman JK, del Nido PJ. 3D echo. STS 42nd Annual Meeting, Chicago. 2006.

(53)   Vasilyev NV, Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Triedman JK, del Nido PJ. Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography-Guided Beating-Heart Atrial Septal Defect Closure: The Next Step Toward Hybrid Procedures. American College of Cardiology 55th Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, 2006.

(54)   Suematsu Y, et al. One-stage Hybrid Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Multivessel Disease. 36th Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Morioka. 2006.

(55)   Suematsu Y, et al. Robotic Assisted Beating-Heart Surgery under real-time 3-Dimensional Echo Guide: In Vitro Study. 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of ISMICS, San Francisco, June 7-10, 2006.

 

 

LECTURES

 

(1)  Suematsu Y. New surgical devices for future cardiac surgery. Mani, Inc. Tochigi 2001.

(2)  Suematsu Y. New insights into cardiac surgery: Beating Intra-cardiac Surgery. Nipro, Corp. Shiga 2002.

(3)  Suematsu Y. Surgical Robotics for Cardiac Surgery. Denso, Corp. Aichi 2002.

(4)  Suematsu Y. Interim report of regenerative anti-adhesive patch as pericardial substitute. Nipro, Corp. Shiga 2003.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

(1)  Suematsu Y*, Morota T, Ando M, Okita Y, Takamoto S. Surgery for ruptured inflammatory aortic aneurysm. Medical Postgraduates. 1997;35:73-4.

(2)  Suematsu Y*, Yamamoto F, Sasaki H, Okawara J, Hino Y, Hirose S, Takamoto S. The application of Emax measurement in an isolated crystalloid solution perfused working rat heart model. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996;68:2004.

(3)  Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, Murakami A, Nakajima J, Ono M, Murakawa T, Maeda K, Kotsuka Y, Yoneda N. Recent donation and clinical results of homograft tissue. Kyobu Geka. 2000;53:281-5.

(4)  Imanaka K, Takamoto S, Kimura S, Morisawa Y, Ohtsuka T, Suematsu Y, Shirai T, Inoue K. Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus: role of perioperative active anti-retroviral therapy. Jpn Circ J. 1999;63:423-4.

(5)  Suematsu Y*, Ohtsuka T, Miyaji K, Murakami A, Miyairi T, Eyileten Z, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Right heart mini-pump bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting: experimental study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2000;18:276-81.

(6)  Murakawa T, Nakajima J, Ono M, Murakami A, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. Allogenicity of cryopreserved human fibroblasts: cryopreservation does not downregulate the allogenicity of fibroblasts making up the matrices of allografts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000;120:712-9.

(7)  Suematsu Y*, Ohtsuka T, Miyaji K, Murakami A, Miyairi T, Eyileten Z, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Right heart bypass for left circumflex coronary artery bypass grafting. Heart Vessels. 2000;15:86-9.

(8)  Suematsu Y*, Nakano K, Sasako Y, Kobayashi J, Takamoto S. Strategies for CABG patients with carotid artery disease and perioperative neurological complications. Heart Vessels. 2000;15:129-34.

(9)  Ohtsuka T, Suematsu Y, Kubota H, Takamoto S, Makuuchi M. Salvage of right gastroepiploic artery graft before pancreatoduodenectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001;121:1013-4.

(10)   Suematsu Y*, Yagyu K, Egami J, Yoda H, Tsuchiya K. A case of Down syndrome with ventricular septal defect and hemodynamical Eisenmenger syndrome. Kyobu Geka. 2001;54:374-8.

(11)   Suematsu Y*, Sato H, Ohtsuka T, Kotsuka Y, Araki S, Takamoto S. Predictive risk factors for pulmonary oxygen transfer in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Jpn Heart J. 2001;42:143-53.

(12)   Miyaji K, Murakami A, Kobayashi J, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. Transxiphoid approach for intracardiac repair using video-assisted cardioscopy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2001;71:1716-8.

(13)   Suematsu Y*, Ohtsuka T, Hirata Y, Maeda K, Imanaka K, Takamoto S. L-Arginine given after ischaemic preconditioning can enhance cardioprotection in isolated rat hearts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001;19:873-9.

(14)   Suematsu Y*, Sato H, Ohtsuka T, Kotsuka Y, Araki S, Takamoto S. Predictive risk factors for delayed extubation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Heart Vessels. 2000;15:214-20.

(15)   Suematsu Y*. Intraoperative ultrasonography. Ope Nursing. 2001.

(16)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, Motomura N. Current transplantation of homograft. Transplant Today. 2001;14:401-409.

(17)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, Ohtsuka T. Intraoperative Echocardiographic Imaging of Coronary Arteries and Graft Anastmoses during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001;122:1147-54.

(18)   Suematsu Y*, Ohtsuka T, Horimoto H, Maeda K, Nakai Y, Mieno S, Takamoto S. Chronic Treatment with Nipradilol, a Nitric Oxide-Releasing ¦Â-Adrenergic Blocker, Enhances Postischemic Recovery and Limits Infarct Size. Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 173-179.

(19)   Suematsu Y*, Nakano K, Sasako Y, Kobayashi J, Kitamura S, Takamoto S. Conventional coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with total occlusion of the internal carotid artery. Heart Vessels. 2001;15:256-262.

(20)   Suematsu Y*, Yagyu K, Egami J, Fukushima K. Epicardial Echocardiography Assisted Removal of a Mobile, Pedunculated Left Ventricular Thrombus. (in press)

(21)   Suematsu Y*, Ohtsuka T, Kaneko Y, Motomura N, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Glove Retractor for Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Heart Surgery Forum 2002;5:46-8.

(22)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, Ohtsuka T, Maeda K, Kotsuka Y. Power Doppler Imaging of the Internal Mammary Artery during CABG without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10: 89-91.

(23)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, Kaneko Y, Murakami A, Ohtsuka T, Akahane M, Mochizuki T, Kondo Y, Amagai R. Breakthrough in cardiac surgery: real-time three-dimensional ultrasonography monitoring of beating intra-cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass. Circulation 2003;107:785-90.

(24)   Kaneko Y, Suematsu Y, Maeda K, Murakami A, Takamoto S. Superior vena cava–left atrial connection for Eisenmenger syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122: 634-635.

(25)   Suematsu Y*. Semi-automatic suturing device for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Kyobu geka. 2003;56:203-6.

(26)   Suematsu Y*, Yamamoto F, Sasaki H, Okawara J, Hino Y, Hirose S, Yagihara T, Kitamura S. The application of Emax measurement in an isolated crystalloid solution perfused working rat heart model. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1998;30:A59

(27)   Suematsu Y*, Ohtsuka T, Miyairi T, Motomura N, Takamoto S. Ultrasonic Evaluation Of Graft Anastmoses During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:273-5.

(28)   Oh-hashi Y, Shindo T, Kurihara Y, Imai T, Wang Y, Morita H, Imai Y, Kayaba Y, Nishimatsu H, Suematsu Y, Hirata Y, Yazaki Y, Nagai R, Kuwaki T, Kurihara H. Elevated sympathetic nervous activity in mice deficient in alphaCGRP. Circ Res 2001 23;89:983-90.

(29)   Suematsu Y*, Anttila V, Takamoto S, del Nido P. Cardioprotection afforded by ischemic preconditioning interferes chronic ¦Â- blocker treatment. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2004;38:293-9.

(30)   Suematsu Y*, Morota T, Kubota H, Ninomiya M, Takamoto S. Valve-sparing operation for the aortic root aneurysm in patients with bicuspid aortic valve. Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 907-908.

(31)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, Ohtsuka T. Real-time Three-dimensional Echocardiography Evaluation of Graft Anastmoses During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. ICVTS 2002;1:52-54

(32)   Motomura N, Takamoto S, Murakawa T, Yoneda N, Shibusawa S, Maeda K, Suematsu Y, Murakami A, Nakajima J, Kotsuka Y. Short-term result of aortic valve replacement with cryopreserved homograft valve in the university of Tokyo tissue bank. Artif Organs 2002;26:449-52.

(33)   Motomura N, Yoneda N, Murakawa T, Shibusawa S, Suematsu Y, Maeda K, Murakami A, Nakajima J, Kotsuka Y, Takamoto S. Brief report of activity on University of Tokyo Tissue Bank. Hone kansetsu jinntai 2002;14:1125-8.

(34)   Ohtsuka T, Motomura N, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. A simple distal coronary perfusion technique in off-pump coronary artery bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 443-444.

(35)   Miyaji K, Murakami A, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S.  Video-assisted cardioscopy for infectious endocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol. 2002;23(5):562-3.

(36)   Ohtsuka T, Kubota H, Suematsu Y, Motomura N, Takamoto S. Video-assisted transseptal cryoablation of left atrium in nonmitral cases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125: 1537-8.

(37)   Ohtsuka T, Motomura O, Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. Opcab in patients with malignant neoplasms. Heart Surg Forum. 2003;6:S45.

(38)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S. Future technologic innovations for intraoperative visualization of native coronary artery and graft anastomoses. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126:304.

(39)   Niu P, Shindo T, Iwata H, Ebihara A, Suematsu Y, Zhang Y, Takeda N, Iimuro S, Hirata Y, Nagai R. Accelerated cardiac hypertrophy and renal damage induced by angiotensin II in adrenomedullin knockout mice. Hypertens Res. 2003;26:731-6.

(40)   Suematsu Y*, Tsukihara H, Takamoto S, Ohtsuka T, Kaneko Y, Murakami A, Matsuda K, Morinaga Y, Kamimura R. Development of regenerative anti-adhesive patch as pericardial substitute. Annual Report of JRPS for cardiovascular diseases. 2003;17:27-34.

(41)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S, del Nido PJ. Off-pump intracardiac surgery. Rinsho Igaku. 2004;36:187-194.

(42)   Niu P, Shindo T, Iwata H, Iimuro S, Takeda N, Zhang Y, Ebihara A, Suematsu Y, Kangawa K, Hirata Y, Nagai R. Protective Effects of Endogenous Adrenomedullin on Cardiac Hypertrophy, Fibrosis, and Renal Damage. Circulation. 2004 Feb 16

(43)   Suematsu Y*, Marx GR, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Takamoto S, del Nido PJ. 3-Dimensional Echo Guided Atrial Septectomy: An Experimental Study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004;128:53-9.

(44)   Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, del Nido PJ. 3-Dimensional Echo-Guided Beating-Heart Surgery without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Feasibility Study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004;128:579-87.

(45)   Suematsu Y, del Nido PJ. Robotic pediatric cardiac surgery – present and future. Am J Surg. 2004;188:98S-103S

(46)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S. Epicardial echo for coronary artery bypass grafting. Coronary surgery; Knack and Pitfalls in Cardiac Surgery. 2005;176-7.

(47)   Suematsu Y*, Takamoto S. Three-dimensional echo for aortic surgery. Aortic surgery; Knack and Pitfalls in Cardiac Surgery. 2005;200-3.

(48)   Hirata Y, Sata M, Motomura N, Takanashi M, Suematsu Y, Ono M, Takamoto S. Human umbilical cord blood cells improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005;327:609-14.

(49)   Niu P, Shindo T, Ebihara A, Zhang Y, Kawanami D, Imai Y, Amaki T, Suematsu Y, Nagai R: Protective effect of adrenomedullin against cardiac hypertrophy and renal damage. Journal of Cardiac Failure 8, Suppl5: S221, 2002.

(50)   Suematsu Y, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, del Nido PJ. Totally Endoscopic Robotic Assisted Repair of Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Vascular Ring in Children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005;80:2309-13.

(51)   Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Triedman JK, del Nido PJ. 3-Dimensional Echo Guided Beating-Heart Surgery without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Various Techniques of Atrial Septum Defect Closure in Swine Model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005;130:1348-57.

(52)   Tanaka K, Sata M, Fukuda D, Suematsu Y, Motomura N, Takamoto S, Hirata Y, Nagai R. Age-Associated Aortic Stenosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice. J Am Coll Cardiol. 46;134-141:2005.

(53)   Kitahori K, Takamoto S, Takayama H, Suematsu Y, Ono M, Motomura N, Morota T, Murakami A, Takeuchi K. A novel protocol of retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation for brain protection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005;130:363-70.

(54)   Tsukihara H, Suematsu Y*, Kitahori K, Matsuda K, Kotsuka Y, Novick RJ, Takamoto S. Prevention of postoperative pericardial adhesions with a novel regenerative collagen sheet. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006;81:650-7.

(55)   Kawata M, Takamoto S, Morota T, Ono M, Motomura N, Murakami A, Suematsu Y*. Is the guideline the cause of structural failure in current polyester vascular prostheses? An experimental study. Artif Organs. 2005;29:820-5.

(56)   Kawata M, Takamoto S, Kitahori K, Tsukihara H, Morota T, Ono M, Motomura N, Murakami A, Suematsu Y*. Erythropoietin protects the central nervous system during prolonged hypothermic circulatory arrest: An experimental study in a canine model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;131:1331-7.

(57)   Kawata M, Takamoto S, Kitahori K, Tsukihara H, Morota T, Ono M, Motomura N, Murakami A, Suematsu Y*. Intermittent pressure augmentation during retrograde cerebral perfusion under moderate hypothermia provides adequate neuroprotection: an experimental study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;132:80-8.

(58)   Vasilyev NV, Martinez JF, Freudenthal FP, Suematsu Y, Marx GR, del Nido PJ. Three-dimensional echo and videocardioscopy-guided atrial septal defect closure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006;82:1322-6.

(59)   Kawata M, Sekino M, Takamoto S, Ueno S, Yamaguchi S, Kitahori K, Tsukihara H, Suematsu Y, Ono M, Motomura N, Morota T, Murakami A. Retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation provides adequate neuroprotection: diffusion- and perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging study in an experimental canine model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;132:933-40.

(60)   Suematsu Y*. Live 3D Echo Guided Beating-Heart Surgery. Annual Report of UMF. 2006;20:438-42.

(61)   Suematsu Y*. Current advances in cardiac surgery. Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management. 2007;12. (in press)

 

*: Corresponding author

 

Media

(1) Suematsu Y, Takamoto S. Open Heart Surgery. Inside Human Body. Vol. 1 DeAgostini Japan. 2001.9.25
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(1) Yuyo Patenting System

Application Number:                   Tokugan 2001-186309

Name: Semi-automatic Endoscopic Suture Device

Filed: June 20, 2001

 

(2) Yuyo Patenting System

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Name: Intracardiac Suturing Device

Filed: October 1, 2001

 

(3) Yuyo Patenting System

Application Number:                   Tokugan 2002-112183

Name: Automatic Suture Device

Filed: April 15, 2002

 

(4) European Patent

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Name: Intracardiac Suture Device

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(7) Yuyo Patenting System

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Name: graft grasping device

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Name: graft grasping device

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