Robert Dean Okada MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
6151 S Yale Ave Suite 304 Tulsa OK, 74136Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Robert Okada is a cardiologist practicing in Tulsa, OK. Dr. Okada specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Okada also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1973
Harvard Medical School 1979
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- HL-91-technetium-99m: a new marker of viability in ischemic myocardium.
- Detection of myocardial viability in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts by Tc-99m sestamibi kinetics.
- Myocardial kinetics of Tc-99m glucarate in low flow, hypoxia, and aglycemia.
- Early detection of infarct in reperfused canine myocardium using 99mTc-glucarate.
- (99m)Tc-glucarate imaging for the early detection of infarct in partially reperfused canine myocardium.
- 99mTc-sestamibi kinetics predict myocardial viability in a perfused rat heart model.
- Serial magnetic resonance imaging in patients following acute myocardial infarction.
- Monocationic radiotracer kinetics and myocardial infarct size: a perfused rat heart study.
- 99mTc-glucarate kinetics differentiate normal, stunned, hibernating, and nonviable myocardium in a perfused rat heart model.
- Beta adrenergic receptor blockade causing severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction during dobutamine stress echocardiography in a patient with no structural heart disease.
- Myocardial kinetics of Tc-MIBI in canine myocardium after dipyridamole.
- The alterations of magnetic resonance relaxation parameters in excised myocardial tissue during NMR spectroscopy: the effects of time, environmental exposure and TTC staining.
- Effect of hyperosmotic mannitol on magnetic resonance relaxation parameters in reperfused canine myocardial infarction.
- Myocardial clearance of technetium-99m-teboroxime in reperfused injured canine myocardium.
- MRI detection of myocardial perfusion changes by gadolinium-DTPA infusion during dipyridamole hyperemia.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
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