Visiting China XXVIIIShigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FJCC
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After finishing the conference, I had a lunch with Dr. Wang Lei from Beijing Friendship Hospital. Then, I chaired the live demonstration session from GuangDong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Chen and Dr. Katoh did live cases.
The Welcome Banquet of the CIT meeting was held in the People’s Hall of China, where the Parliament of People’s Republic of China is held. After attending the dinner there, I had drinking with Japanese colleagues.
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March 30 Friday 2007
The opening ceremony of CIT meeting was held from 7:30 AM. I received an award as one of the big contributors to develop Interventional Cardiology in China. After the ceremony, I played roles as moderators or commentators. Again, I had an interview from CC Heart.
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In the afternoon of the day, I moved to Xi’an flying by CA 1225 flight departing at 15:35. After around 2 hours, I reached Xi’an. Xi’an is the capital of ShanXi Province (陝西省) and located about 1,000 Km east from Beijing.
March 31 Saturday 2007
From 9:30 AM, I performed one case of left main bifurcation through the right radial approach in X’iJing Hospital of the 4th Military University. The case was transmitted to the auditorium in BICC. The procedure was thrilling. However, I could finish the case quite successfully.
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After finishing lunch in the catheter laboratory of X’iJing Hospital, I hurried to the Airport to catch the CA 1210 flight to Beijing departing at 13:25. After spending 1 and half hours in Beijing Capital Airport, I switched to CZ 6106 flight to ShenYang departing at 17:05, and finally arrived in ShenYang later around 18:30. ShenYang is the capital of LiaoNing province (遼寧省) and located around 500 Km north and east from Beijing. Thus, I traveled more than 3,000 Km within China in 2 days.
April 1 Sunday 2007
I visited ShenYang Military General Hospital to do live demonstration for the patient with a CTO lesion in RCA. That was the part of “CTO Club in China” during the CIT meeting. Dr. Takahiko SUZUKI also did one CTO case. By using the bi-femoral approach, I demonstrated the retrograde approach for CTO. During the procedure, the patient developed ventricular fibrillation after a wedge injection of dye into RCA. After cardiac massage and DC defibrillation, the sinus rhythm recovered, and I continued the procedure. I could succeed in the procedure. Everybody in the catheter laboratory including the patient was very happy for the result. Professor Han YaLing congratulated me.
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After finishing the case, I hurried to ShenYang Airport to take the returning flight of NH 926 to Narita departing at 13:25 with Dr. Suzuki. I finally arrived in Japan later than 17:00 on the day.
I really enjoyed the busy schedule in China during the CIT meeting, although it was a little bit tough for me.