Central Cardiology Medical Clinic

Office Address:

Central Cardiology Medical Clinic
2110 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, California 93301
Phone: 661.323.8384
eMail: ishimori@heart24.com

Hospital Appointments:

• Bakersfield Heart Hospital
• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield
• Mercy Hospital, Bakersfield
• San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield

Current Status:

• Senior Managing Partner, Central Cardiology Medical Clinic.

• Consulting and Interventional Cardiology including vascular disease and stroke.

• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California,San Francisco.

Specialty Certification:

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, June 1975.

Diplomate, American Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, October 1977.

Medical Residency:

Toho University Hospital (Japan)

University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals, Jackson Memorial and V.A. Hospitals, Miami, FL

July 1969 to June 1970

Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center, (Chicago Medical School Affiliated) Chicago IL July

1971 to 1972

Cardiology Fellowship:

Cleveland Clinic Hospital Cleveland, OH July 1972-June 1974

Licensure:

California, Texas and Illinois

Professional Memberships:

Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1979

Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association, 1979

Fellow American College of Cardiology, 1978

Member, American Medical Association, 1979

Member, California Medical Association, 1979

Member, Kern County Medical Society, 1979

Publications:

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R., and McIntosh, H.: The Incidence and Clinical Significance of Coronary Spasm. Circulation 52:972-978, 1975.

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., and Ishimori, T..: The Clinical Significance of Exercise-Induced ST Segment Elevation. Circulation 52:209-213, 1976.

Ishimori, T., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Awdeh,, M., and Luchi, R.: Clinical Correlations and Angiographic Accentuation with Nitroglycerin. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 3:59-65, 1977.

Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, R.: Recurrent Catheter-Induced Coronary Artery Spasm. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 3:186-194, 1977.

Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Awdeh, M.: The Clinical Correlates of Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration. American Journal of Cardiology 40:303-309, 1977.

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.: Exercise-Induced ST Elevation in Patients with an Old Myocardial Infarction. (Reply to the Editor) Circulation 55:951, 1977.

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., and Montero, A.: Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic, and Angiographic Correlations of Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis. British Heart Journal 39:945, 1977.

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Montero, A.: Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic, and Angiographic, Correlations of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. (Reply to the Editor) British Heart Journal 40:427, 1978.

Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Awdeh, M.: Clinical Correlates of Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration. (Reply to the Editor) American Journal of Cardiology 42:525-528, 1978.

Jamal, N., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, R.: Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Angiology 29:773-778, 1978.

Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R.: Coronary Artery Spasm: An Expanding Role in Ischemic Heart Disease. Texas Medicine 74:46-49, 1978.

Young J., Welton D., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Montero, A., Guinn, G., Mattox, K., Gentry, L., Alexander, J., Miller, R.: Surgery in Active Infective Endocarditis. Circulation (Suppl) Vol. 60, I 77-81, 1979.

Nahormek, P., Chahine, A., Raizner, A., Thornby, J., Ishimori, T., Montero, A., Luchi, J.: The Magnitude of Exercise-Induced ST Segment Depression and the Predictive Value of Exercise Testing. Clinical Cardiology Vol. 2, 286-290, 1979.

Welton, D., Young, J., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Adyanthaya, A., Mattox, K., Chahine, R., Miller, R.: Value and Safety of Cardiac Catheterization During Active Infective Endocarditis. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 44, 1306-1310, 1979.

Fuller C., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Nahormek, P., Ishimori, T., Verani, M., Nitishin, A., Mokoloff, D., Luchi, R.: Exercise-Induced Coronary Arterial Spasm: Angiographic Demonstration, Documentation of Ischemia by Myocardial Scintigraphy and Results of Pharmacologic Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 46:500-506, 1980.

Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, K., Jamal, N., Luchi, R.: The Provocation of Coronary Artery Spasm by the Cold Pressor Test. Circulation, Vol. 62, No. 5, 1980.

Ishimori, T.: Myocardial Bridges: A New Horizon in the Evaluation of Ischemic Heart Disease. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 6:355-357, 1980. (Editorial)

Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T., Lesser, W., Mandel, W.: Significance of Postoperative Ambulatory Holter Monitoring: Clinical, Hemodynamic and Anatomical Correlates. Japanese Circulation. Japanese Heart Journal, Vol. 23 supplement 662-664, 1982.

Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T., Hanna, E.: Revascularization Surgery in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Patients over 70. (In press)

Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T., Hanna, E.: Geriatric Heart Disease, Chapter 42, "Coronary Revascularization in the Elderly Patient," pp. 423-428, PSG Publishing Co., Littleton, Massachusetts, 1985.

Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T.: Percutaneous Transbrachial Cardiac Catheterization. (In preparation)

Abstracts:

Raizner, A. E., Awdeh, M., Chahine, R. A., Ishimori, T., and Luchi, R. J.: The Clinical Correlates of Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration. The American Journal of Cardiology 37:164, 1976.

Chahine, R.A. , Ishimori, T., and Raizner, A. E.: Hemodynamic, Angiographic and Echocardiographic Correlation "Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis." Arch. Venez. Cardiol 3:145, 1976.

Ishimori, T., Heupler, F., Shirey, E., and Sheldon, W.: Angina Pectoris and Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients with Mitral Stenosis. Chest 70:430, 1976

Nahormek, P., Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.: The Magnitude of Exercise-Induced ST Segment Depression and the Predictive Value of Treadmill Testing. Clinical Research 25-3:241A, 1977.

Simons, R., Singh, J., Ishimori, T., and Gyorkey, F.: Serum Myoglobin. A reliable test for the diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction. (Abstract) Presented at Scientific Assembly of American Society of Clinical Pathology, October 21-28, 1977.

Chahine, R. A., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R. J., McIntosh, H. L.: Incidence and Clinical Implications of Coronary Artery Spasm. Yearbook of Medicine, pp. 322-323, 1977.

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.: The clinical significance of exercise-induced ST segment elevation. Medical Digest 1 #7:1, 1977.

Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.. Montero, A.: Echocardiographic, hemodynamic and angiographic correlations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JAMA 239-448, 1978.

Raizner, A., Ishimori T., Chahine, R., Jamal, N.: Coronary Artery Spasm Induced by the Cold Pressor Test. American Journal of Cardiology 41:358, 1978.

Ishimori T., DeBoer, L., Raizner, A., Guinn, G., Rea, J., Jamal, N. Burnett, W., Nelson, D., Chahine, R., Miller, R.: Edwards Porcine Heterograft Aortic Valve. Clinical Research 26-3:240A, 1978.

Young, J. B., Welton, D. E., Raizner, A. E., Guinn, G. A., Mattox, K., Montero, A., Ishimori T., Gentry, L. O., Alexander, J. K., Chahine, R. A., Miller, R. R.: Surgery in active infective endocarditis. Circulation 58:4 II-192, 1978.

Chahine, R. A., Nelson, J., Raizner, A. E., Winters, W. L., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R. J.: The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Outflow Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Presented at VIII World Congress of Cardiology. September 1978.

Ishimori, T., DeBoer, L. W., Raizner, A. E., Guinn, G. A., Jamal, N. M., Rea, J. E., Chahine, R. A., Miller R. R.: Clinical and Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Carpentier-Edwards Porcine Heterograft Aortic Valve. Presented at VIII World Congress of Cardiology, September 1978.

Young, J. B., Welton, D. E., Quinones, M. A., Ishimori,T., Alexander, J. K., Miller, R. R.: Prognostic Significance of Valvular Vegetations Identified and M-Mode Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis. Circulation 58:4 II-41, 1978.

Welton, D. E., Young, J. B., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Adyanthaya, A., Miller, R. R., Chachine, R. A.: The Value and Safety of Preoperative Cardiac Catheterization During Active Endocarditis. American Journal of Cardiology 43:407, 1979.

Ishimori, T., Raizner, A. E., Chahine, R. A., Verani, M. S., Miller, R. R.: Documentation of Ischemic Manifestations in Scientific Session, American Federation of Clinical Research. May 1979, Clinical Research 176A, 1979.

Zacca, N., Chahine, R. A., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Luchi, J., Miller, R. R.: Angiographic Spectrum of Coronary Artery Spasm. Clinical Research 218A, 1979.

Zacca, N., Chahine, R. A., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Miller, R. R., Luchi, R. J.,: Coronary Artery Spasm During Routine Angiography. Circulation 60:4 II-244, 1979.

Ishimori, T., Raizner, A. E., Don Michael, T. A., DeBoer, L. W., Jamal, N. M., Berglund, R., Nelson, D., Burnett, W., Miller, R. R.: Severe Acute Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic and Angiographic Correlate. Presented at the VII Asian-Pacific Congress of Cardiology, November 1979.

Fuller, C., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Verani, M., Luchi, R.: Exercise-Induced Coronary Artery Spasm: Pharmacologic Interventions. Clinical Research 27:727A, 1979.

Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T. A., Hanna, E.: Surgical Management of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in the Elderly. Presented at the Tenth Annual Denton Cooley Cardiovascular Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1981.

Ishimori, T., Don Michael T. A., Hanna, E.: Revascularization Surgery in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Over 70. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 49:919, 1982.

Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T. A., Mandel, W. J.: Significance of Postoperative Ambulatory Holter Monitoring: Clinical, Hemodynamic and Anatomical Correlation. Presented at 9th International Congress on Electrocardiology, Tokyo, Japan, June 1982.

Schwartz, A., Don Michael, T. A., Ishimori, T., Botvinick, E., Chatterjee, K.: Coronary Vascular Responsiveness to Ergonovine in Patients with Normal Coronary Arteries. Clinical Research Vol. 30, 19A, 1982.

Don Michael, T. A., Ishimori, T., Chatterjee, K.: Salbutamol Inhalation--A New Approach to the Treatment of Heart Failure. Clinical Research Vol. 30, 206A, 1982.

Schwartz, A., Botvinick, E., Don Michael, T., Ishimori, T., Parmley, W., Chatterjee, K.: Variability in Coronary Hemodynamics in Response to Ergonovine in Patients Without Angina and Normal Coronary Arteries. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 1, No. 2, Part 2, February 1983.