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• 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 does not get enough blood and oxygen.
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• Angioplasty

  Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

  Angioplasty and stenting is a procedure to improve the blood flow in an artery or vein. It involves threading a thin tube with a balloon at its tip through the artery to the blocked portion. The balloon is inflated opening up the artery. A stent is placed to prop it open. A stent is a mesh tube.
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• Atherectomy
• 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. Your child will not need an incision in the chest wall.
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• Cardiac Biopsy
• Cardiac Catheterization

  Cardiac Catheterization

  In cardiac catheterization (often called cardiac cath), a very small hollow tube, or catheter, is advanced from a blood vessel in the groin or arm through the aorta into the heart. Once it is in place, several diagnostic and treatment procedures can be done using catheterization.
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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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• Invasive Cardiac Interventions
• Ischemia (Heart)
• Patent Foramen Ovale Repair

  Patent Foramen Ovale Transcatheter Repair

  A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a small hole between the 2 upper chambers of the heart, the right and the left atrium. Patent foramen transcatheter repair is a procedure to fix this hole in the heart.
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• Rotablator

  Cardiac Procedures

  These procedures are often used in the evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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• Valvuloplasty

  Valvuloplasty

  Valvuloplasty is a procedure done to repair a stiff heart valve. It is done using a catheter and small incisions.
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• Angioplasty
• Intravascular Imaging
• Structural Heart Disease
• PFO
• ASD

Interventionalist vs Neurologist: RESPECT for Both Sides of the PFO Closure Debate (tctmd.com)
PREMIUM Trial: PFO Closure Primarily Benefits Migraine Patients With Aura (tctmd.com)
Patent Foramen Ovale: To Close or Not to Close? (cardiovascularbusiness.com)
'Visual Migraine' Linked to PFO (medpagetoday.com)
Headache or No Headache, PFO-Related Auras Have Same Cause (tctmd.com)

• UCLA cardiologist receives top designation from professional medical society 
• Voted one of America's Top Doctors by US News and World Reports
• Voted 10 Most Highly Regarded Heart Doctors in the US
• Received the Simon Dack award from The Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Honors

• Named a "Master Fellow of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (MSCAI)"