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Specialty:: Surgery, Cardiac
Department Affiliation:: Surgery
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:: G62746
Languages:: Farsi
Phone:: 310-825-5841
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Professor of Surgery and Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
William E. Conner Chair in Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Director, UCLA Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplant Programs

Patient Stories

My Lung Transplant Village
UCLA Double Lung Transplant
Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device
Dr Y. Michael Shino, my bilateral lung transplant pulmonologist

Links

uclahealth.org/heart
surgery.ucla.edu

Primary Office: UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery
Primary Address: 10833 Le Conte Avenue
Suite 62-186 CHS
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone: 310-825-5841

Medical Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989
Certification 2: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1998
Fellowship: Cardiology, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1989-1990
Residency: Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1987-1989
Residency 2: Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1991-1995
Residency 3: Surgery/Thoracic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1995-1997
Internship: Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1986-1987
Internship2: Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1990-1991
Degree: Emory University School of Medicine, MD, 1986

Interests

Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Root Repair
Aortic Valve Surgery
Assist Devices
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Septal Defect Repair
Atrial Septal Defect Transcatheter Repair for Children
Atrial septal defect (ASD) transcatheter repair is a procedure to fix a hole in the atrial septum. The atrial septum is a wall that separates the right and left upper chambers in the heart (atria). This hole is called an atrial septal defect or ASD. Your child will not need an incision in the chest wall for this procedure.
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Chest Malignancies
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is a procedure used to treat coronary artery disease. One way to treat the blocked or narrowed arteries is to bypass the blocked portion of the coronary artery with a piece of a healthy blood vessel from elsewhere in the body.
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Heart
Heart Lung Transplant
Heart Transplant
A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.
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Heart Transplant
Heart Transplant
A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.
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Lung
Lung Cancer & Chest Malignancies
Lung Cancer: Introduction
Lung cancer is cancer that starts in the lungs. Lung cancer is divided into two main types: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). These types grow and spread differently. They are often treated in different ways.
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Lung Nodule
Lung Transplant
Lung Transplant
A lung transplant is surgery done to remove a diseased lung and replace it with a healthy lung from another person. The surgery may be done for one lung or for both. Lung transplants can be done on people of almost all ages from newborns to adults up to age 65 and sometimes even later.
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Maze Procedure (for atrial fibrillation)
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
The Maze procedure is a type of heart surgery to treat atrial fibrillation. Traditionally, the Maze procedure is done as part of an open-heart surgery assisted with a heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass).
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Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
Mediastinal Tumor
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Methods of Surgery
An "open" surgery means cutting the skin and tissues so that the surgeon has a full view of the structures or organs involved. Minimally invasive surgery is a relatively new approach that allows the patient to recuperate faster with less pain. Not all conditions are suitable for this type of surgery.
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Mitral Valve Surgery
Mitral Valve Replacement: Open
An open mitral valve replacement is a surgery to replace a poorly working mitral valve with an artificial valve. The mitral valve, one of the heart's four valves, helps blood flow through the heart and out to the body. The mitral valve lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Your doctor will replace your poorly working mitral valve with an artificial valve. This will ensure that blood can flow into the left ventricle and then flow out to the body normally, without putting extra stress on the heart. The surgery is called “open” because it uses a traditional larger incision to expose the heart. This incision is larger than the incision used in minimally invasive mitral valve replacement surgery.
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Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy neuromuscular connections. This causes problems with communication between nerves and muscle, resulting in weakness of the skeletal muscles. Myasthenia gravis affects the voluntary muscles of the body, especially the eyes, mouth, throat, and limbs.
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Pericardial Window
Pericardial Window
A pericardial window is a procedure done on the sac around the heart. Surgically removing a small part of the sac lets doctors drain excess fluid from the sac.
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Pericardiectomy
Pericardiectomy
A pericardiectomy is a procedure done on the sac around the heart. A surgeon cuts away this sac or a large part of this sac. This allows the heart to move freely.
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Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax in Children
A pneumothorax is an air leak in the lungs. It’s when air from the lungs leaks into the chest area. The leak may start suddenly or may develop slowly. It often occurs in the first 24 to 36 hours after birth.
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Robotic Surgery
Sarcoma
Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Stages
Soft tissue sarcomas are usually staged with the TNM staging system from the American Joint Committee of Cancer (AJCC). Be sure to ask your healthcare provider to explain the stage of your cancer to you in a way you can understand.
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Thoracic Cancer
Lung Cancer: Introduction
Lung cancer is cancer that starts in the lungs. Lung cancer is divided into two main types: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). These types grow and spread differently. They are often treated in different ways.
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Thoracic Oncology
Thoracoscopy
Pericardial Window
A pericardial window is a procedure done on the sac around the heart. Surgically removing a small part of the sac lets doctors drain excess fluid from the sac.
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Thymoma
Thymus Cancer: Introduction
Thymus cancer is cancer that starts in the thymus. This is a small organ in the front part of your chest under the breastbone. Learn more about this type of cancer.
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Thymus
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy neuromuscular connections. This causes problems with communication between nerves and muscle, resulting in weakness of the skeletal muscles. Myasthenia gravis affects the voluntary muscles of the body, especially the eyes, mouth, throat, and limbs.
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Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Ventricular Aneurysms Repair
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of surgery for diagnosing and treating a variety of conditions involving the chest area (thorax).
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Research Interests

Improvement in Adult Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy/Chronic Rejection in Transplantation
Reperfusion Injury in Heart and Lung Transplantation
Organ Care System Heart and Lung Transplant Studies
PROCEED II Study Protocol

In The News: Dr. Ardehali was featured in LA Weekly's Best People of L.A. 2011
UCLAs heart transplant program ranked among nation's best
'Beating heart' technology could revolutionize field of heart transplantation
"Heart in a Box" System May Increase Donor Pool, Improve Outcomes
A Matter of the Heart (med magazine)
Awards: 2018 Los Angeles Magazine Top Doctors (Cardiac Surgery)

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Patient Stories

Atrial Septal Defect Transcatheter Repair for Children

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant

Lung Cancer: Introduction

Lung Transplant

Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

Methods of Surgery

Mitral Valve Replacement: Open

Myasthenia Gravis

Pericardial Window

Pericardiectomy

Pneumothorax in Children

Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Stages

Lung Cancer: Introduction

Pericardial Window

Thymus Cancer: Introduction

Myasthenia Gravis

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery