Osamu Lida MD

Dr. Osamu Iida is a member of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kansai Rosai Hospital in Amagasaki, Japan. He is the lead author on a paper, published in the December issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, titled “Three-Year Outcomes of Surgical Versus Endovascular Revascularization for Critical Limb Ischemia” (also known as the SPINACH study).
This multicenter, prospective, observational study enrolled 548 Japanese CLI patients who received either endovascular or surgical revascularization. The results showed no significant difference in the primary outcome (three-year amputation-free survival) between the two strategies. Angioplasty.Org's partner site, TCROSS NEWS, recently interviewed Dr. Iida, a principal investigator of the SPINACH study, regarding background and clinical implications of the study.