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Specialty:
Medicine, Cardiology / Cardiovascular Disease
Department Affiliation:
Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:
A106608
Languages:
Spanish, Hebrew, Afrikaans
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310-825-9011
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About Me

Preferred Name: Gabe Vorobiof

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Primary Office
Cardiovascular Center
100 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 545
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Fellowship
Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women?s Hospitaland Massachusetts General Hospital, 2007-2008
Fellowship 2
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center, 2004-2007
Residency
Internal Medicine, St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, 2002-2004
Residency 2
Internal Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, 1999-1999
Internship
Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, 2001-2002
Internship2
Internal Medicine, Baragwanath Hospital, 1998-1998
Degree
University of Witwatersrand Medical School, MBBCh, 1997
Interests
  • Angina

    Angina Pectoris

    Angina pectoris (or simply angina) is chest pain or discomfort that keeps coming back. It happens when some part of your heart doesn't get enough blood and oxygen. Angina can be a symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD).
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  • Aortic Aneurysm
  • Arrhythmia

    Arrhythmias

    An arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm that can cause problems with the contractions of your heart chambers. An arrhythmia occurs when there is a problem with the electrical system that is supposed to regulate a steady heartbeat. With an impaired electrical system, your heart may beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly.
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  • Atherosclerosis

    Atherosclerosis

    Atherosclerosis is a type of thickening or hardening of the arteries caused by a buildup of plaque in the inner lining of an artery. It can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, and other circulatory conditions.
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  • Cardiac CT Angiography

    Computed Tomography Angiography

    CT angiography is a type of medical test that combines a CT scan with an injection of a special dye to produce pictures of blood vessels and tissues in a part of your body.
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  • Cardiac Imaging
  • Cholesterol

    Cholesterol in the Blood

    The cholesterol in your blood comes from the foods you eat and your liver. Your liver makes all of the cholesterol your body needs. It helps your body make cell membranes, many hormones, and vitamin D. 
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  • Congestive Heart Failure

    Heart Failure

     When you have heart failure, the heart is not able to pump as well as it should. Blood and fluid may back up into the lungs (congestive heart failure), and some parts of the body don’t get enough oxygen-rich blood to work normally.
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  • Coronary Artery Disease

    Coronary Heart Disease

    A person with coronary heart disease has an accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries. These deposits narrow the arteries and can decrease or block the flow of blood to the heart.
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  • General Cardiology

    Home Page - Cardiovascular Diseases

    Cardiovascular diseases include coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and rheumatic heart disease.
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  • Heart Valve Disease
  • Hypertension

    High Blood Pressure/Hypertension

    Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls. The force is created with each heartbeat as blood is pumped from the heart into the blood vessels. Blood pressure is also affected by the size of the artery walls and how elastic they are. Each time the heart beats (contracts and relaxes), pressure is created inside the arteries. High blood pressure, or hypertension, increases the risk for coronary heart disease (heart attack) and stroke (brain attack).
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  • Ischemia (Heart)
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Nuclear Stress Testing

    Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scan

    Myocardial perfusion is an imaging test. It's also called a nuclear stress test. It is done to show how well blood flows through the heart muscle. It also shows how well the heart muscle is pumping.
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  • Syncope

    A Serious Look at Fainting

    Fainting (syncope) is a brief loss of consciousness. This leads to falling down or needing to lie down, followed by a quick recovery. Fainting by itself is not a problem, but it could be a sign of a serious health condition.
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  • Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
  • Transthoracic Echocardiography

    Transesophageal Echocardiogram

    A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) uses echocardiography to assess how well the heart works. During the procedure, a transducer (like a microphone) is lowered into the esophagus. It sends out ultrasonic sound waves at a frequency too high to be heard. When the transducer is placed at certain locations and angles, the ultrasonic sound waves move through the skin and other body tissues to the heart tissues, where the waves bounce or "echo" off of the heart structures.
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Research Interests
  • Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
  • Cardiac Computed Tomography
Publications

Link to my PubMed publications >

  1. Vorobiof DA, Sitas F, Vorobiof G. Breast cancer incidence in South Africa. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19(18 Suppl):125S-127S.
  2. Vorobiof G, Hariparsad G, Freinkel W, Said H, Vorobiof DA. Primary osteosarcoma of the breast: a case report. Breast J. 2003;9(3):231-3.
  3. Vorobiof G, Blaxall BC, Bisognano JD. The future of endothelin-receptor antagonism as treatment for systemic hypertension. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2006;8(1):35-44.
  4. Hall B, Jeevanantham V, Simon R, Filippone J, Vorobiof G, Daubert J. Variation in left atrial transmural wall thickness at sites commonly targeted for ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2006;17(2):127-32.
  5. Vorobiof G, Goldenberg I, Moss AJ, Zareba W, McNitt S. Effectiveness of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in blacks versus whites (from MADIT-II). Am J Cardiol. 2006;98(10):1383-6.
  6. Vorobiof G, Minor S, Aktas MK, McNitt S, Rocco TA, Hall B, Huang DT, Wyse DG, Waldo AL, Daubert JP. Analysis of Outcomes Based on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in the AFFIRM Study. American Journal of Cardiology. 2008;(In Press).
  7. Vorobiof G, Filippone JD, Kwong T, Pomerantz RM. Comparison of a Novel, Second Generation TnI Assay with TnT in Patients presenting to the Emergency Room with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome. Heart. 2008;(In Press).
  8. Vorobiof G, Aktas MK, Minor S, Ling FS. In Vivo Virtual-Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Characteristics in Patients with Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Stable Coronary Artery Disease. American Journal of Cardiology. 2008;(In Press).
  9. Casey L; Nwakanma F; Vorobiof G; Dunaevsky O; Smrcka AV; Blaxall BC. Small molecule disruption of G beta gamma signaling inhibits the progression of heart failure. Circ Res. 2010 Aug 20;107(4):532-9.
  10. Vorobiof G, Kroening D, Hall B, Brugada R, Huang D. Brugada Syndrome with Marked Conduction Disease - Dual Implications of a Novel SCN5A Mutation. Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology. 2008;31(5):630-4.
  11. Rybicki FJ, Otero HJ, Steigner ML, Vorobiof G, Nallamshetty L, Mitsouras D, Ersoy H, Mather RT, Judy PF, Cai T, Coyner K, Schultz K, Whitmore AG, Di Carli MF. Initial evaluation of coronary images from 320-detector row computed tomography. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2008;24(5):535-46.
  12. Kwong RY, Sattar H, Wu H, Vorobiof G, Gandla V, Steel K, Siu S, Brown KA. Incidence and prognostic implication of unrecognized myocardial scar characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance in diabetic patients without clinical evidence of myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2008;118(10):1011-20.
  13. Odigie E, Okon E, Dodson J, Vorobiof G. Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy Complicating Severe Babesiosis. Cardiol J. 2011;18(1):83-6.
  14. Vorobiof G, Ellestad M. Lead aVR: Dead or Simply Forgotten? JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Feb;4(2):187-90.
  15. Vorobiof G, Chandrashekhar Y, Narula J. Intermediate lesions: Retrieving black from shades of gray. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Feb;4(2):209-12.
  16. Vorobiof G, Achenbach S, Narula J. Strategies for Radiation Dose Reduction in Cardiac Computed Tomography. North American Cardiology Clinics Imaging, 2011 (Accepted)
  17. Narula J, Suh W, Vorobiof G, King S, et al. Imaging Vulnerable Plaque: Predicting Which Plaques will Pop. Lancet 2011 (In submission)
  18. Saremi F, Vorobiof G. Aberrant Penetrating Posterior Descending Artery From Proximal Right Coronary Artery. Clinical Anatomy 2011 (Accepted).
  19. Suh WM, Berdjis F, Rizi HR, Vorobiof G. Multimodality evaluation and transcatheter closure of a muscular ventricular septal defect. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Nov 1;58(19):e35. 20. Saremi F, Vorobiof G. Coronary Artery Ostial Atresia: Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Conotruncal Anastomotic Collateral Rings Using MDCT. JACC Imaging 2011 (Accepted)
  20. Barseghian A, Bethencourt DM, Vorobiof G. Dual anterior and posterior mitral valve clefts evaluated by 3-dimensional echocardiography with robot-assisted surgical correction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb;143(2):503-4.
Awards
  • 2007 Star Award of Excellence, U. Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry
  • 2007 ACCF Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Award, American College of Cardiology Foundation
  • 2006-2007 Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine, U. Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry
  • 2006 Winner, Sable Foundation Grant for Cardiovascular Research, U. Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry
  • 2006 Scripps Clinic Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Award, Scripps Clinic, Sand Diego, CA
  • 2006 Finalist, Northwestern University Young Cardiovascular Forum, Northwestern U. Medical School
  • 2006 Finalist, Duke Clinical Research Institute Abstract Contest, Duke University
  • 2005 Second place, H.J.C. Swan Memorial Prize for Medical Writing, Cardiology Journal, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2004 Henry I. Russek Award, New York Cardiovascular Symposium, American College of Cardiology
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