CCT2026

Course Objectives

Japan, especially CCT, has been developed its original treatment strategy for CTO lesions in contrast to other countries where “antegrade approach” which considers utilization of knuckle wire technique in primary selection of polymer jacket wire, and “retrograde approach” which uses surfing technique more than in searching connecting vessels by tip injection, have become the mainstream of treatment strategies.

As an effort to depict lesions missed by angiography, which is the essence of CTO lesions, the way to understand vascular courses using cardiac CT and IVUS has been established as a reproducible method. Furthermore, due to development of AI, you can depict perpendicular view as well as find direction of a wire as angiography by using apps. (Espelux Edu software, 3D wiring) IVUS is now useful not only to check vascular course (wire placement) but also to guide a wire properly. (Tip detection method) We would like you to learn these evolutions, current achievements and tips through various contents centered on Live Case Transmissions.

On the other hand, considering the situation in Japan, the number of ACS lesions with complex anatomy and less vascular flow reserve has increased. Even though many of these lesions are presumably treated by young doctors during nighttime, it is essential to acquire knowledge and techniques of complex PCI in order to treat these lesions at any time.
As it is already stated, there are some differences in techniques for complex PCI such as CTO lesions between Japan and foreign countries. Therefore, having discussions with doctors from all over the world in sessions such as Live Case Transmissions will lead to doubt or confirm your common sense and to expand new perspectives.
Although we have variety of live courses including online in Japan, we believe that CCT is the only course which is able to contribute from this point of view. Please participate on site actively and make full use of this opportunity for energetic exchange with domestic and international participants and expand your perspective.

In addition, we are planning to prepare a program which appeals directly to next-generation doctors’ and medical staffs’ motivation for participation. An exchange using SNS is a modern trend and very convenient, but a humane exchange with eye-to-eye contact on site also has character. We hope you will enhance your complex PCI through various programs.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Kobe when autumn is in full swing.

CCT2026 Representative Coronary Course Director
Kazuhiro Ashida (Seirei Yokohama Hospital)

Program

Updated: August 18, 2026

Honorary Advisors

Yasushi Asakura
Aqua Rehabilitation Hospital

Tomoaki Hinohara
Sequoia Hospital, USA

Yasumi Igarashi
Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital

Keiichi Igarashi Hanaoka
Hanaoka Seishu Memorial Hospital

Osamu Katoh

Eisho Kyo
Kusatsu Heart Center

Satoru Otsuji
Higashi Takarazuka Satoh Hospital

Takahiko Suzuki
Toyohashi Heart Center

Etsuo Tsuchikane
Toyohashi Heart Center

Kinzo Ueda
Medical Corporation Foundation Tokureikai

Masahisa Yamane
Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital

Coronary Course Director

Kazuhiro Ashida
Seirei Yokohama Hospital

Maoto Habara
Toyohashi Heart Center

Ichiro Hamanaka
Rakuwakai Marutamachi Hospital

Yuji Hamazaki
Ootakanomori Hospital

Ken Ishibashi
Tsuchiya General Hospital

Yoshifumi Kashima
Oita Cardiovascular Hospital

Hiromasa Katoh
Fukui Prefectural Hospital

Tomoko Kobayashi
Kyoto Katsura Hospital

Shunsuke Matsuno
The Cardiovascular Institute

Wataru Nagamatsu
Hokusetsu General Hospital

Kenya Nasu
Mie Heart Center

Takeshi Niizeki
Okitama Public General Hospital

Yuji Oikawa
The Cardiovascular Institute

Atsunori Okamura
Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital

Takeshi Serikawa
Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital

Kenichiro Shimoji
Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital

Hiroyuki Tanaka
Kurashiki Central Hospital

Takafumi Tsuji
Kusatsu Heart Center

Junji Yajima
The Cardiovascular Institute

Masaru Yamaki
Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital

Ryohei Yoshikawa
Sanda Saiseikai Hospital

Coronary Co-Directors

Tian Hai Koh
National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore

International Faculty

Hafidz Bin Abd Hadi
National Heart Institute, Malaysia

Mohsin Ahmad
United Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh

Mohammad Almutawa
Health Science Centre, Canada

Nyein Chan Aung
Military Hospital, Myanmar

Jang-Whan Bae
Good Samsun Hospital, Korea

Chi-Jen Chang
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Zhengfeng Jason Chen
National University Hospital, Singapore

Wai Kin Chi
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong

Szu-Chi Chien
Taichung Municipal Geriatric Rehabilitation General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chee Yang Chin
National Heart Centre, Singapore

Donghoon Choi
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

Seung Hyuk Choi
Samsung Medical Center, Korea

Thunnop Chotivanawan
Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand

Jakub Drozd
SP ZOZ MSWiA Lublin, Poland

Sarah Fairley
Wellington Hospital, New Zealand

Hai Gao
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, People's Republic of China

Lei Ge
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, People's Republic of China

Nadhem Hajlaoui
Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia

Scott Andrew Harding
Wellington Hospital, New Zealand

Chien-Ming Huang
Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Wei-Chun Huang
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Aron Husink
Mayapada Hospital Tangerang, Indonesia

Fumiaki Ikeno
Stanford University /MedVenture Partners, Inc, USA

Yang-Soo Jang
Severamce Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

Dhiman Kahali
BMBirla Hospital Kolkata, India

Nunthorn Kamchitanon
Ratchaburi Hospital, Thailand

Jaeho Kang
Ansan Hando Hospital, Korea

Anek Kanoksilp
Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Thailand

Yu-Cheng Kao
Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Ali Khan
North Shore Hospital, New Zealand

Bharat Khialani
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Byeong Keuk Kim
Yonsei University Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Korea

Hyo-Soo Kim
Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Mihajlo Kovacic
County Hospital Cakovec, Croatia

Feng Yu Kuo
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Gregor Leibundgut
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Vorarit Lertsuwunseri
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand

Soo Teik Lim
National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore

Zhan Yun Patrick Lim
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

Thitima Limjaroen
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand

Shih-Chi Liu
Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Yu-Min Liu
Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Sidney Tsz Ho Lo
Liverpool Hospital, Australia

Adrian F. Low
National University Heart Centre, Singapore

Jianfang Luo
Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, People's Republic of China

Madhav Menon
Hamilton Hospital, New Zealand

Khalid Mohi-ud-Din Mir
Super Speciality Hospital, India

Muenpetch Muenkaew
Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand

Primero Ng
Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

Amin Ariff bin Nuruddin
National Heart Institute, Malaysia

Prashant Kumar Panda
PGI Chandigarh, India

Kyung Woo Park
Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Theera Phatikraisri
Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Thailand

Wai Phyo
Defence Services General Hospital, Myanmar

Jie Qian
Fu Wai Hospital, People's Republic of China

Stephane Rinfret
McGill University Health Centre, USA

Elliot Smith
Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, U.K.

Grzegoz Sobieszek
Cardiology Clinic of Catholic University in Lublin, Poland

Chun-Hung Su
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Khalid Tammam
International Medical Center, Jeddah, UAE

Zwe Thurein
Defence Services Medical Academy, Myanmar

Rayji Tsutsui
Straub Medical Center, USA

Ying-Chang Tung
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Cheng-Chun Wei
Shin Kong Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Sim Hui Wen
National University Heart Centre, Singapore

Felix Woitek
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus / Dresden Heart Center, Germany

Pang Ing Xiang
Sarawak Heart Center, Malaysia

Han-Mo Yang
Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Alan C. Yeung
Stanford University, USA

Andy Yong
Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Australia

Yong Zeng
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, People's Republic of China

Bin Zhang
Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, People's Republic of China

Japanese Faculty

Kohei Asada
Shiga University of Medical Science

Mitsutoshi Asano
Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital

Hyuma Daidoji
Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital

Takenori Domei
Kokura Memorial Hospital

Soichiro Ebisawa
Shinshu University

Hiroki Emori
Wakayama Medical University

Kenichi Fujii
Kansai Medical University

Masaki Fujita
Edogawa Hospital

Shinya Fujita
Hamamatsu Medical Center

Rei Fukuhara
Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center

Ryuichi Funada
Kitakanto Cardiovascular Hospital

Atsushi Funatsu
Kyoto Katsura Hospital

Katsuyuki Hasegawa
Higashi Takarazuka Satoh Hospital

Ryuzo Hayashi
General Daiyukai Hospital

Kiyoshi Hibi
Yokohama City University

Hirooki Higami
Teikyo University

Keisuke Hirai
Shin Koga Hospital

Hiroaki Hirase
Takaoka Minami Heart Center

Atsushi Hirohata
The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama

Fumitaka Hosaka
Okamura Memorial Hospital

Shingo Hosogi
Hosogi Hospital

Satoshi Hosokawa
Nippon Koukan Hospital

Yusuke Hosokawa
Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital

Makoto Hoyano
Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital

Yasuhiro Ichibori
Osaka International Medical & Science Center

Raisuke Iijima
Toho University Medical Center Ohashi Hospital

Shuntaro Ikeda
Ehime University

Tomokazu Ikemoto
Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital

Yuta Imai
Saiseikai Shiga Hospital

Yusuke Inagaki
Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital

Keita Inanaga
Iizuka Hospital

Yasunori Inoguchi
Kanazawa Cardiovascular Hospital

Shozo Ishihara
Mimihara General Hospital

Takayuki Ishihara
Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya General Medical Center

Masato Ishikawa
Fujita Health University Hospital

Yoshiaki Ito
Saiseikai Yokohama-City Eastern Hospital

Takahito Itoh
Oji General Hospital

Michiya Kageyama
Nasu Red Cross Hospital

Takashi Kajiya
Tenyoukai Central Hospital

Kazuho Kamishima
Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center

Hiroto Kano
The Cardiovascular Institute

Seiji Kano
Mie Heart Center

Toru Kataoka
Bellland General Hospital

Kenji Kawajiri
Matsubara Tokushukai Hospital

Yoshiaki Kawase
Gifu Heart Center

Yuetsu Kikuta
Fukuyama Cardiovascular Hospital

Shunsuke Kitani
Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital

Norihiro Kobayashi
Saiseikai Yokohama-City Eastern Hospital

Yuichi Kobori
Toda Chuo General Hospital

Takahide Kodama
Toranomon Hospital

Yasuaki Koga
Oita Prefectural Hospital

Masahiro Koide
Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital

Ryoji Koshida
Hoshi General Hospital

Ken Kozuma
Teikyo University

Hiroyuki Kunii
Ohara General Hospital

Shoichi Kuramitsu
Sapporo Cardiovascular Clinic

Nehiro Kuriyama
Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital

Kazumasa Kurogi
Miyazaki Prefectural Nobeoka Hospital

Yuichiro Maekawa
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Noriko Makiguchi
Hokushinkai Megumino Hospital

Kazunori Masuda
Uji Tokushukai Medical Center

Hiroaki Matsuda
Chuno Kosei Hospital

Ryuichi Matsukawa
Iizuka Hospital

Hidenari Matsumura
Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital

Koshi Matsuo
Yao Tokushukai General Hospital

Yoshiaki Mibiki
Sendai City Hospital

Takanobu Mitarai
Oita Oka Hospital

Kohei Moribayashi
University of Miyazaki

Yoshihiro Morino
Iwate Medical University

Mitsunori Mutou
Kikuna Memorial Hospital

Takuya Myojo
Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital

Taito Nagai
Misato Central General Hospital

Ryoji Nagoshi
Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital

Hiroshi Nakagata
Sendai City Hospital

Yuya Nakagawa
Hakodate Medical Association Hospital

Yasuhiro Nakano
Kyushu University Hospital

Marohito Nakata
Urasoe General Hospital

Gaku Nakazawa
Kindai University

Masahiro Natsuaki
School of Medicine, Saga University

Soji Nishio
Kusatsu Heart Center

Kosuke Nomura
Yamanashi Red Cross Hospital

Masatsugu Nozoe
Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital

Yoshimi Numao
Itabashi Chuo Medical Center

Yohei Numasawa
Keio University School of Medicine

Yusuke Ochiumi
Hiroshima Heart Center

Toshiharu Oka
Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital

Tomoaki Okada
Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital

Naotaka Okamoto
Osaka Rosai Hospital

Masaaki Okutsu
Tokai University Hachioji Hospital

Koki Omi
Nihonkai General Hospital

Hiromasa Otake
Kobe University Hospital

Kazuyuki Ozaki
Niigata City General Hospital

Kenichi Sakakura
Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center

Masayuki Sakurai
Makita General Hospital

Hideto Sangen
Hakujikai Memorial Hospital

Makoto Sekiguchi
Fukaya Red Cross Hospital

Naoki Shibata
Ogaki Municipal Hospital

Yoshinori Shimooka
Hokkaido Medical Center

Teppei Sugaya
Hanaoka Seishu Memorial Hospital

Atsuhiko Sugimoto
Sagamihara Kyodo Hospital

Takushi Sugiyama
Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center

Satoshi Suzuki
Kindai University Nara Hospital

Takahide Suzuki
JA Hokkaido Asahikawa Kosei General Hospital

Yoriyasu Suzuki
Aichi Medical University

Akifumi Takada
Steel Memorial Muroran Hospital

Hideo Takebayashi
Fukuyama Cardiovascular Hospital

Toru Takii
Sendai Open Hospital

Kaname Takizawa
JCHO Sendai Hospital

Koichi Tamita
Akashi Medical Center

Masaki Tanabe
Misugikai Satoh Hospital

Kota Tanaka
Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital

Tomohiko Teramoto
Sakura General Hospital

Masanori Teramura
Ichinomiya Nishi Hospital

Jumpei Todoroki
Chubu Tokushukai Hospital

Satoru Tohara
Tokyo Hikifune Hospital

Takuma Tsuda
Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital

Hiroaki Tsujita
Showa Medical University Hospital

Tomomi Watanabe
Faculty of Medicine Tottori University

Takayuki Yabe
Toho University Omori Medical Center

Jutaro Yamada
Yamaguchi-ken Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital

Junichi Yamaguchi
Tokyo Women's Medical University

Tomohiro Yamaguchi
Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital

Ryusuke Yamamoto
Takaoka Minami Heart Center

Tetsuya Yamamoto
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

Tomohiro Yamasaki
Sakurabashi Watanabe Advanced Healthcare Hospital

Jun Yamashita
Tokyo Medical University Hospital

Makoto Yamaura
Central Japan International Medical Center

Seiji Yamazaki
Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital

Kensuke Yokoi
National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center

Shuichi Yoneda
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center

Masatoki Yoshida
Okayama University

Ruka Yoshida
Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital

Masataka Yoshinaga
Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital