Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the organizing committee and NPO International TRI Network, I would like to welcome you to the 12th Kamakura Live Demonstration Course held on December 16, 17 and 18th, in Yokohama, Japan.
The Kamakura Live Demonstration Course makes a feature of Trans-Radial Coronary Intervention (TRI). We hope that we could share our knowledge and development about TRI and update our professional skills each other during this meeting.
13 years have already passed since Dr. Kiemeneij first introduced TRI in the world, and 10 years have passed since Dr. Saito introduced TRI in Japan. During these 13 years, TRI has already established its most important position in the recent advance in percutaneous coronary intervention. However, on the other hand, there are many physicians emerging, who are not promoting from their heart but only utilizing TRI for themselves. Here, Dr. Saito would like to declare that he would be not false Radialist but be true fighting Radialist.
This course has definitely continued to contribute to the spread of TRI in Asian countries, especially in Japan. This year, we decided not only to introduce the advanced techniques of TRI but also to come back again to the beginning of TRI. I would like to characterize the Kamakura Live Demonstration Course as with last year by including a special session named “Dr. Sakai’s View on TRA and TRI” and “Young Ambitious Doctors’ Live Demonstration”. During these special sessions, we hope that we could encourage young physicians to share their knowledge about TRA and TRI, to promote and/or start TRA and TRI.
I believe that all of the attendants would find the 12th Kamakura Live Demonstration Course as the most informative and worthwhile educational experiences. I would like to express our sincere thanks for your participation and hope you are encouraged to share your clinical experiences each other.

Shigeru Saito
The President of NPO International TRI Network