Jon A Kobashigawa M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
100 Ucla Medical Plaza Suite # 630 Los Angeles CA, 90095Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Jon Kobashigawa is a cardiologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Kobashigawa 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. Kobashigawa also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Mt Sinai Sch of Med of The City Univ of Ny, New York Ny 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Does use of intravascular ultrasound accelerate arteriopathy in heart transplant recipients?
- Postoperative management following heart transplantation.
- Psychiatric disorders and outcome following cardiac transplantation.
- Statins as immunosuppressive agents.
- Use of hearts transplanted from donors with atraumatic intracranial bleeds.
- Giant cell myocarditis in a young man responsive to T-lymphocyte cytolytic therapy.
- Recent trends in early outcome of adult patients after heart transplantation: a single-institution review of 251 transplants using standard donor organs.
- Mycobacterium haemophilum infections in heart transplant recipients: case report and review of the literature.
- Seventeen-year experience with 1,083 heart transplants at a single institution.
- Use of two recipient lists for adults requiring heart transplantation.
- First-year intravascular ultrasound results as a surrogate marker for outcomes after heart transplantation.
- The prevalence of calcified carotid atheromas on the panoramic radiographs of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
- Cardiac transplant experience with cyclosporine.
- Cardiac transplantation: the alternate list and expansion of the donor pool.
- Statins in solid organ transplantation: is there an immunosuppressive effect?
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