Dr. Iraj Aryanpur دکتر ایرج آریان پور فرزند دکتر امیر عباس آریان پور

  CURRICULUM  VITAE

 

Irai Arvan pur-Kashani. M.D.

PERSOAL DATA:

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T.i.t.l..e. :                                                 Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Department of Pediatrics

University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Work Address:                                 Division of Pedia,tric Cardiology

UCSD Medical Center

200 W. Arbor Drive - Mail Code 8445

San Diego, CA 92103

(619) 543"2927

Date of Birth:                         February 18, 1937

Place of Birth:                                    Isfahan, Iran

Date of death                                      2009- U.S.A.

Citizenship:                                        Iranian - U.S.A.

Marital Status:                        Married to Nahid Fard; 3 children:

                                                        Nader, 55, Hematologist - Oncologist Kaiser Permanente,

Riverside, CA

Leila, 53, Math Teacher, San Diego

Jasmin, 51, Registered Nurse - Mercy Hospital; San Diego, CA

EDUCATION:

1949-1954:                              Alborz (American) College, Tehran, Iran

1962:                                       Medical School: Tehran University Medical School; M.D. degree,

October 1962

            March 1962:                  ECFMG Certificate

Jan-Dec 1963:                                     Rotating Internship, Flushing Hospital, New York

1964-1966:                              Residency  Pediatrics,  State  University,  Kings  County  Medical Center,

Brooklyn, New York

1966-1968:                                              Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, State University, Kings County

Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

July-Sept 1968:                     Babies Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York

LICENSURE:

California:                    A34685

BOARD  CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Pediatrics, January 1, 1968

American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology, October, 1968

Languages: Persian, English, French, Spanish, German and reading andwriting of Arabic

STATE BOARD OUALIFICATIONS:

Illinois, New York, California, (Flex)

California State License - X-ray Supervisors and Operator

PROFESSIONAL   APPOINTMENTS:

1968-1973:                Head, Division of Cardiology, Ahari Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Tehran

1973-1979:        Director  of Division  II, Pediatric Cardiology, The Queen Pahlavi Cardiovascular Center (The Heart Hospital), Tehran, Iran

1978-1979:      Visiting Professor, Babies Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York.

1979-1983:     Associate Professor & Acting Director, Division of Pediatric

   Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California,

San Diego, La Jolla, California.

1983-1984:        Director of Pediatric Cardiology Training, Division of Pediatric Cardiology,

                        UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, California.

July 1985:        Promoted to Clinical Professor of Pediatrics II

July 1986:       Director, Preventive Cardiology Center, UCSD School of Medicine.

July 1988:

             Promoted to Clinical Professor of Pediatrics III

July 1991:        Promoted to Clinical Professor of Pediatrics IV

July 1993:        Attending Pediatric Cardiology Division UCSD Medical Center and

                         promoted to Clinical Professor V effective July 1994

July 1996:        Promoted to Clinical Professor VI

July 1999:        Promoted to Clinical Professor VII

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST CONSULTANT:

Donald N. Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego

Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA

Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA

Paradise Valley Hospital, San Diego, CA

Scripps Chula Vista Hospital, Chula Vista, CA

Tri-City Hospital, Oceanside, CA

Fountain Valley Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA

UC Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA

Alvarado Hospital, San Diego, CA

Pioneer Hospital, Brawley, CA

El Centro Hospital, El Centro, CA

Kaiser Permanente Hospital, San Diego, CA

SOCIETIES & MEMBERSHIPS:

Fellow, American College of Cardiology, 1971

Fellow, American College of Angiology, 1983

Member, International College of Pediatrics, 1980

Member, Cardiac Rehabilitation Committee of the Asian Pacific Society of

Cardiology Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Iran, on Rheumatic Fever

Assistant Editor, Bulletin of Heart Hospital, 1974-1979

Children's Hospital Medical Center Bulletin, 1969-1974

Member, Heart Education Committee, San Diego Heart Association, 1983

Senior Member, Iranian Society of Pediatrics

Senior Member, Iranian Heart Society, 1971-1979

Member, San Diego County Heart Association, 1980

Chapter of AHA. Member, Board of Directors, San Diego Heart Association, 1984

Director, California Children's Services Cardiac Center, UCSD, 1980

Panelist, California Children's Services, January 1980

Curriculum Vitae -- Iraj  A. Kashani, M.D.

Chairman, Education Committee, Children's Hospital, 1969-1974

Chairman, Education & Research Committee, Heart Hospital, Tehran, Iran, 1974-1979

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:

Dean's Ad Hoc Committee, UCSD School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Program, 1981

Invited Expert by American Heart Association, "Rheumatic Fever in the 80's". New Delhi, India, March, 1981

Ad Hoc Committee, UCSD School of Medicine, Committee for Salaried Clinical Series, 1981-1982

Cardiovascular Audit Committee, 1981-1983

Binational Emergency Medical Care Committee of San Diego, July 1982

Educational Liaison - University of California and DIF Hospital, Tijuana, Baja California, 1983

Health Net Utilization Committee, UCSD, 1984

Chairman, Health Net Utilization Review Committee, January 1986-December 1986. Member, UCSD Medical Records Committee, 1983.

Member, UCSD Ambulatory Care Committee, 1985-present.

GRANTS:

1.                  Recipient of five year grant from Ministry of Health on epidemiology of rheumatic fever in Iran, 1978 (Incomplete project)

2.                   Recipient of research grant from Queen Pahlavi Heart Foundation on electrophysiology  of verapamil,  1976 (completed)

3.                  Recipient of research grant from Academic Senate UCSD School of Medicine on the effects of prostaglandins on the pulmonary vascular bed of hypoxic rats, 1982 (completed)

4.                 Preventive Cardiology Award, NIH, NHLBI #l-K07-HL01718-0l, July  1986-July 1991

PUBLICATIONS:

1.                Aryanpur, I, Mojtahedzadeh, F and Raafat, F:  Glycogen storage disease of the heart.

Children's Hosp Med Ctr Proc 1:9, 1969

Aryanpur, I, Q-waves in pediatric electrocardiograms. Children's Hosp Med Ctr Proc 1:27, 1969.

3.                 Aryanpur, I  and  Shafie, G: Variability of the systolic murmur in severe pulmonic stenosis with intact ventricular septum. Children's Hosp Med Ctr Proc 1:84, 1970.

4.                 Aryanpur I, Raafat F, & Moazzami R: Coarctation  of aorta, rheumatic valvulitis and infectious endocarditis. Amer J Clin Path 56:606, 1971.

5.                Aryanpur, I: Rheumatic fever in Tehran's private practice.  Pahlavi Med J 2:247, 1971.

6.                Aryanpur, I:  Infarction pattern in primary myocardial disease. Children's Hosp Med Ctr Proc 2:4, 1970.

7.                Raafat, F, Aryanpur, I, Davachi, B and Zangeneh, F: Changing pattern of staphylococcal sensitivity. Pahlavi Med. J 2:518, 1971.

8.                Aryanpur I:  Glucagen in diphtheritic myocarditis. Lancet 2:322, 1971.

9.                 Aryanpur, I: Balloon atrioseptostomy in transposition of great arteries. Children's Hosp Med Ctr Proc 2:47, 1971.

10.              Aryanpur  I:    Progressive infarction in anomalous origin. of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery: An indication of early surgery. Chest 62:292, 1972.

11.          · Aryanpur I, Farhoudi A, & Zangeneh F: Congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic hypoparathymidism. Amer J Dis Child 127:738, 1974.

12.              Aryanpur I: Edema and ascites in a boy. Clin Pediatr 13:991, 194.

13.             Aryanpur, I and Raafat, F:  Infarction patterns in infancy and childhood.  Pahlavi Med J 5: 163, 1974.

14.              Aryanpur I, Raafat F, Ameli M, Tafazoli M, & Massumi RA: Calcified left ventricular aneurysm and non-atherosclerotic myocardial infarction in a child. Jap Heart J 16:603, 1975.

15.              Shakibi, JG and Aryanpur, I: Nonsurgical closure of PDA.  Circulation 51:1170, 1975.

16.              Aryanpur I, Raafat F, Zangeneh F: Rheumatic valvulitis and constrictive pericarditis. Jap Heart J 16:749, 1975.

17.              Eslami, B,  Aryanpur,  I,  Shakibi, JG,  et al:     Mid-ventricular  obstruction (Abstract). Circulation 53:106, 1976, SuppII.

18.              Aryanpur I, Nazarian I, and Khonsari S: Calcified right ventricular fibroma causing outflow obstruction. Amer J Dis Child 130:1265, 1976.

19.              Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I, Paydar, M, Siassi, B: Antiarrhythmic effect of hypertonic sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride in ouabain-induced arrhythmia.  Jap Heart J 17:54, 1976.

20.               Aryanpur I, Shakibi JG: Severe mitral valve disease in children. Amer Heart J (letter) 92:544, 1976.

21.               Aryanpur I, Shakibi JG: Annuloplasty versus mitral valve replacement in a developing country. Circulation (letter) 54:847, 1976.

22.               Shakibi JG, Siassi B, Aryanpur I, and Paydar M: Prediction of pulmonary artery pressure from electrovectorcardiographic data in pediatric patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease. J Electrocardiology 9:29, 1976.

23.               Shakibi J, Aryanpur I, Paydar M, et al:  Simplified vectorcardiographic method of assessment of pulmonary arterial pressure in children with chronic rheumatic mitral valve disease. Jap Heart J 17:727, 1976.

24.               Merin, G, Aryanpur, I, Simeha, A, Shapira, T: Transatrial closure of ventricular septa! Defect in corrected transposition of the great arteries. Chest 69:241, 1976.

25.              Aryanpur I, Paydar M, Shakibi JG, et al: Regression of pulmonary hypertension after mitral valve surgery in children. Operative management of rheumatic mitral valve disease. Chest 71:354, 1977.     .

26.               Shakibi JG, Aryanpur I, Paydar M, et al: The vectorcardiogram as an aid to diagnosis in left ventricular-right atrial communication. J Electrocardiology 10:337, 1977.

27.               Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I, Paydar, M, et al: A morphometric study of the aortomitral valve apparatus in the embryonic and adult chicken heart. Jap Heart J 18:69, 1977.

28.               Nazarian I, Aryanpur I: Pathology of chronic rheumatic mitral valvulitis in Iran and its surgical implication.  Jap Heart J 19:1, 1978.

29.               Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I, Nazarian, I, Siassi, B: Association of atrioventricular valve atresia with single ventricle, truncus arteriosus communis and transposition. A basic reorientation in. The approach to the definition of congenital heart disease. Jap Heart J 19:346, 1978.

30.               Shakibi, JG, Rastan, H, Aryanpur, I: Isolated unilateral absence of the pulmonary arte1y. Review of world literature and guidelines for surgical repair.  Jap Heart J 19:439, 1978.

31.             . Shakibi, JG, Siassi, B, Aryanpur, I: Cardiovascular emergencies m pediatrics. Paediatrician 7:199, 1978.

32.               Aryanpur I, Shakibi JG et al: Closed versus open mitral commisurotomy in children with rheumatic mitral stenosis. J Thoracic & Cardiovasc Surg 76:223, 1978.

33.               Siassi, B, Aryanpur, I, Shakibi, JG: Additional angiocardiogram for Tetralogy of Fallo!. Amer Heart J 96: 135, 1978.

34.               Shakibi JG, Aryanpur IK, Mehranpur M, Yazdanyar A: The use of verapamil in treatment of resistant supraventricular tachycardia in children. Amer J Cardiol (Abstract) 43:426, 1979.

35.               Sheikhzadeh, AH, Tarbiat, S, Aryanpur, I, et al: Constrictive endocarditis. Report of a case with successful surgery. Brit Heart J 43:224, 1979.

36.               Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, IK, Nazarian, I: The anatomic correlate of ventricular dysfunction in Tetralogy of Fallot.  Pediatric Cardiol (Abstract) 1:84, 1979.

37.               Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, IK, Mehranpur, M, Yazdanyar, A: Electrophysiologic effects of verapamil in children. Jap Heart J 20:789, 1979.

38.               Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I, Nazarian, I: Anatomic correlate of ventricular dysfunction in Tetralogy of Fallo!. Jap Heart.I 20:53, 1979.

39.               Eslami, B, Aryanpur, IK, et al: Midventricular obstruction.  Jap Heart J 20:118, 1979.

40.               Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, IK: AH and HV interval in children with heart disease. (letter) Amer Heart J 97:130, 1979.

41.               Aryanpur-Kashani I, Shakibi JG, Siassi B: The effect of verapamil on retrograde ventriculo-atrial conduction in children. Jap Heart J 21:485, 1980.

42.               Nadjmabadi, MH, Aftandelian, E, Kashani, IA, Rastan, H: Simultaneous dopamine and socium nitroprusside therapy following open heart surgery. Jap Heart J 21 :325, 1980.

43.               Aryanpur-Kashani I, Shakibi JG, Siassi B: Electrophysiological effects of disopyramide in children. Jap Heart J 21:491, 1980.

44.               Aryanpur-Kashani, I: On rheumatic fever in children. (Letter). Amer Heart J 100:942, 1980.

45.               Aryanpur-Kashani I: Acute rheumatic fever. A review of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and a

Curriculum Vitae -- Iraj A. Kashani, M.D.

modified approach to Jones Criteria and management. Paediatrician 10:158, 1981.

46.              Aryanpur-Kashanil, Paydar M, Shakibi JG: Priorities ofpediatric cardiology in developed and developing countries. Paediatrician 10:148, 1981.

47.              Aryanpur, I, Shakibi, JG:   LV function after repair of TOF. (Letter) Circulation 63:235, 1981.

48.               Aryanpur I, et al: A profile of heart disease in children in a developing country. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics  1:221, 198l.

49.               Aryanpur, I: Effects on verapamil retrograde conduction. (Letter) Amer Heart J 103:306, 1982.

50.              Seitz, W, Aryanpur-Kashani, I: A new hydraulic formula for noninvasive evaluation of aortic stenosis. Europ J Cardiol 4:31, 1983.

51.              Aryanpur-Kashani, I, Higgins, CB, Yu, CC: Misdiagnosis of aortic atresis from catheter provision.  Jap Heart J 24:665, 1983.

52.              Kashani, IA, Higgins, CB, Utley, JR:       Inflammatory constriction following complete pericardiectomy in constrictive pericarditis. Clin Pediatr 22:219, 1983.

53.              Kashani IA, Utley JR, Strom CM, and Higgins CB: Hypoplastic pulmonary arteries and aorta with genito-urinary anomalies in two siblings. Angiology 35:252, 1984,

54.              Kashani, IA, Utley, JR, Swensson, RE: Pulmonary artery with left atrium communication. A report and literature review. Jap Heart J 25:139, 1983.

55.              KashanUA, Merritt TA, and Utley JR: Prostaglandin responsive ductns at 11 months of age. Pediatr Cardiol 5:19, 1984.

56.              Kashani, IA, Merritt, TA, Swensson, RE: Silentpatent ductus arteriosus. (Letter) Pediatrics 72:580, 1983.

57.              Kashani, IA, Swensson, RE:      Vasodilation in postoperative pulmonary hypertension. (Letter) Amer Heart J 106:778, 1983.

58.              Utley, JR, Swain JA, Higgins, CB, Kashani, IA: Pulmonary artery partition: New method for correction of interrupted aortic arch. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 86:309, 1983.

59.              Kashani IA, Swensson RE, Brown D: Right bundle branch block in transposition of the great arteries. Internat J Cardiol 5:29c37, 1984.

Curriculum Vitae -- Iraj A. Kashani, M.D.

60.              Seitz, WS, Kashani, IA, Lundholm, EL: Echocardiographic aortic valve area formula for estimation of obstruction in stenosis: Comparison with cardiac catheterization and Gorlin formula. Jap Heart J 25:947, 1984.

61.              Higgins, SS, Kashani, IA: Congestive heart failure. Part III: Parent support and teaching. Critical Care Nurse 21- 23, July 1984.

62.              Kashani, IA, Higgins, SS, Higgins, CB, Swensson, RE: Evaluation of renal function after large dose contrast media angiocardiography.  Jap Heart J 26:451, 1985.

63.              Kashani, IA, Kimmons, H, Valdes-Cruz, LM, Sahn, DJ: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Amer Heart J 109:177-178, 1985.

64.              Kashani, IA, Nultoti., G: Noninvasive assessment of indomethacin therapy in patent ductus arteriosus.  Clin.Cardiol 9:93, 1986.

65.              Kashani IA, Richardson B, Lammers R and Bloor C: Effect of prostaglandin in chronic hypoxia on the pulmonary vascular bed in newborn rats. Angiology 37:21, 1986.

66.              Kashani, IA, Higgins, SS: Counseling strategies for families of children with congenital heart disease. Pediatr Nursing 12:38, 1986.

67.              Higgins, SS, Kashani, IA: The child with cyanotic heart disease: An overview of defects and parental learning needs. Amer J Mat Child Nursing 11:259, 1986.

68.              Seitz, WS, Mcilary, MD, Kashani, IA: Echographic applications of the Godin formula for assessment of aortic stenosis. Correlation with cardiac catheterization in pediatric patients. Amer Heart J 111:1118, 1986.

69.              Kashani, IA:  The reason for our profession. (Letter) West J Med 145:249, 1986.

70.              Kashani, IA: "Pediatrician and Primary Care Pediatrics." Amer J Dis Child 141,598. (1987)

71.              Kashani, IA: Rheumatic fever: A disease not to be forgotten. International Pediatrics 2:323-326, 1988.

72.              Kashani, IA:  Obesity in childhood (letter). AJDC 142: 121, 1988.

73.              Kashani; IA, Faraday, R: Effects of circumcision on the incidence of UTI in infants. International Pediatrics 4:44,1989.                                                        ·

74.              Kashani, IA: Strep throat (letter), Medical Tribune 29:18, 1988.

75.               Kashani, IA: Health Sense. "Rheumatic Fever". Blade Tribune, February 17, 1988.

76.               Kashani, IA: "Fat, Kids, and Fat Kids". San Diego Union October 31, 1988.

77.              Kashani, IA, Nader, PR: The role of the pediatrician in the prevention of coronary heart disease in childhood. Japanese Heart Journal 27:911-922, 1986.

78.              Kashani, IA: Treating high lipids: Let's gefon with it. Medical Tribune, November 4, 1987, page 75.

79.              Sallis, JF, Criqui, MH, Kashani, IA, et al: A program for health behavior change in a preventive cardiology center. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 6(supp 1):43-50, 1990.

80.              Kashani, IA, Rupp, J: A call for revision of meal examples in pediatric textbooks. Journal of American Dietetic Association 90:517-518, 1990.

81.              Kashani, IA, Sherman, M, Dixon, S: Electrocardiographic findings in antenatally stimulant drug exposed neonates. Clinical Research (abstract) 38: 167A, 1990.

82.              Kashani, IA, Langer, RD, Criqui, MH et al: Effects of parental behavior modification on children. Cardiovascular risk factors. Annals of New York Academy of Medicine, 1990, 623:447-449.

83.              Kashani, IA, Kaplan, RM, Criqui MH, et al: Cardiovascular risk factor assessment of medical students as an educational tool. Am J of Prev Med, 1992 Nov-Dec 8(6):384-388.

84.              Stierle U, Tarbiat S, Nazarian I, Aryanpur-Kashani I, Sheikhzadeh A. Right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis. Japanese Heart Journal, 1990, 31(3):329-339.

85.              Kashani IA, Nader P. Cholesterol Screening of Children. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1191:265;3246.

86.              Kashani IA, Kaplan RM, Rupp HW, Langer RD, McCann TJ, Sallis JF, Bracker M, Nader P, Dimsdale J, Browner D,et al. Effects of a preventive cardiology curriculum on behavioral cardiovascular risk factors and knowledge of medical students.  Patient Education and Counseling,  1993 Jun, 21(1-2):15-27.

87.              Kashani IA. Body & Mortality. JAMA, 1994;271:1320.

88.              Sohn S, Kashani IA, Rothman A. Partial and transient relief of conduit obstruction by low pressure balloon dilation in patients with congenital heart disease. Cath Cardiovasc Diagn, 1995;34:35-40.

89.               Sklansky MS, Lucas VW, Kashani IA, Rothman A. Atrioventricular situs concordance with atrioventricular alignment discordance: fetal and neonatal echocardiographic findings, Am J Cardiol, 1995;76:202-204.

90.               Kashani IA, Sklansky MS, Movahed H, Lucas VW, Rothman A. Successful Balloon Dilatation of an Abdominal Aorta in a Patient with Takayasu' s Aortitis. Cath & Cardiovas Diagnosis, 1996;38:406-409.

91.               Matsubara T, Masom W, Kashani I, Klugerman M, Bums J. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in acute Kawasaki Disease.  J of Peds, 1996;128:701-703.

92.               Calfas K, Criqui M, Sallis J, Kashani I, McCann T. Six Months Outcome in a Preventive Cardiology Center (InPress).

93.               Movahed H, Kashani I, Rothman A. Pulmonary Hypertension in Trisomy 16. Peds Cardio, 1997;18.

94.               Fernandez-Martorell P, Sklansky MS, Lucas VW, KashaniIA, Cocalis MW, Jamieson SW, Rothman A. Accessory hepatic vein to pulmonary venous atrium as a cause of cyanosis after the Fontan operation. Am J Cardiol, 1996;78:1386-1387.

95.               Movahed H, Lucas V, Moore J, Kashani IA. Comparison results of stent implantation in small (<20 kg) children versus larger children with pulmonary artery stenoses. Am J Cardiol, 1996;78:1180-1183.

96.               Mccann TJ, Crique MH, KashaJJ.i IA, et al. A randomized trial of cardiovascular risk factor reduction: Pattern of Attrition after randomization and during follow-up. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 1997; 130(3):447-454.

97.               Rothman A, Sklansky MS, Lucas VW, Kashani IA, Shaughnessy RD, Channick RN, Auger WR, Fedullo PF, Smith CM, Kriett JM, Jamieson SW. Atrial septostomy as a bridge to lung transplantation in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. Am J Cardiol 1999; 84:682- 686.

98.               Rothman A, Lucas VW, Sklansky MS, Cocalis MW, Kashani IA.          Percutaneous coil occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus. The Journal of Pediatrics 1997; 130(3):447-454,

99.               Park Y, Lucas VW, Sklansky MS, Kashani IA, Rothman A. Balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation in infants 3 months of age and younger. Am Heart Journal 1997; 134:917- 923.

100.          Lane GK, Lucas VW, Sklansky MS, Kashani IA, Rothman A. Percutaneous coil occlusion of ascending aorta to pulmonary artery shunts. Am J Cardiol 1998; 81:1389-1391.

101.          Rothman A, Sklansky MS, Lucas VW, Kashani IA, Shaughnessy RD, Channick  RN;Jllgr

WR, Fedullo PF, Smith CM, Kriett JM, Jamieson SW. Atrial

septostomy as a bridge to lung transplantation in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension.  Am J Cardiol 1999: 84:682-686?

102.          Sklansky MS, Shaughnessy R, Lucas V, Kashani I, Rothman A. A comparison of fetal echocardiography in university and health maintenance organization settings. Pediatr Cardiol 2000; 21:234-239.

103.         Limsuwan A, Sklansky MS, Kashani IA, Shaughnessy RD, Lucas VW, Rothman A. Wire­ snare technique with distal flow control for coil occlusion of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Cath and Cardiovasc Interv 2000; 49:51-54.

104.         Park Y, Lucas VW, Sklansky MS, Kashani IA, Rothman A. Balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation in infants < 3 months old. Am Heart Journal 1997; 4:41-46.

105.          Park  Y,  Sklansky MS, Lucas VW, Kashani  IA,  Rothman  A.    Acute and follow-up

. Intravascular ultrasound findings after balloon angioplasty of coarctation of the aorta. Circulation 1994;. 90(1):340-347.

106.          Park Y, Sklansky MS, Lucas VW, Kashani IA, Rothman A. Balloon dilation of native aortic coarctation in patients with Turner's syndrome. Pediatric Cardiology 2000; 21:474- 476.

PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS:

1.                Aryanpur, I, Nategh, R, Farrohie, K, Naficie, Clinical and virologic studies in eight cases of encodardiat fibroelastosis. Presented at the VII Middle Eastern- Mediterranean Congress of Pediatrics.  Tehran, Iran September 1970. Proc. of the Congress, Pg... l.

2.                 Aryanpur, I, et al: Prognosis of diphtheritic myocarditis with block. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Pediatrics, Vienna. Vol IX, Pg. 3, 1971.

3.                Aryanpur, I and Raafat, F: The syndrome of asplenia: The Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Pediatrics, Vienna. Vol. IX, pg 411, 1971.

4.                 Aryanpur, I and Bodaghie, E: Simultaneous occurrence of acute rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. Proceedings of the VIII Middle Eastern- Mediterranean Congress of Pediatrics, Barcelona, Spain. Pg 68, March 1972.

5.                Aryanpur, I, Bodaghie, E, and Zahed, H: Electrocardiogram and vector cardiogram in hypertensive children.  Proceedings of the VIII Middle Eastern-Mediterranean Congress of Pediatrics, Barcelona, Spain. Pg. 203, March 1972.

6.                 Arneli, M, Aryanpur, I: Total correction in Tetralogy of Fallot. Proceedings of the VIII Middle Eastern- Mediterranean Congress of Pediatrics, Barcelona, Spain. Pg. 210, March 1972.

7.                Aryanpur, I: A profile of congenital heart disease in Iran. Presented at the 3rd Pahlavi Medical Congress, Shiraz. April 1972.

8.                Aryanpur, I: A profile of heart disease in Iranian children. Presented at the 5th Asian-Pacific Congress of Cardiology, Singapore. Proceedings of the Congress of Pediatrics, pg 485.  October 1972.

9.                 Aryanpur, I, Ziai, M: A hospital survey of rheumatic fever in Iranian children. Presented at the 13th Meeting of the Persian Gulf Medical Society, Abadan, Iran. Proceedings of the Congress, pg 35; November 1973.

10.              Khonsari, S, Aryanpur, I: Open heart surgery of rheumatic valvulopathy. Presented at the 7th World Congress of Cardiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Proceedings of the Congress, pg. 294, October 1974..

11.              Aryanpur, I, Arneli, M and Khonsari, S: Rheumatic mitral stenosis in Iranian children. Presented at the 7th World Congress of Cardiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Proceedings of the Congress. pg 361, October, 1974.

12.              Aryanpur, I: The incidence of rheumatic heart disease in Iranian children. Presented at the 5th International Conference in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran. Proceedings of the Conference, pg 132, November 1974.

13.              Aryanpur, I, Paydar, M, et al: Pulmonary hypertension in mitral valve disease. Presented at the 14th Meeting of the Persian Gulf Medical Society, Abadan, Iran. Proceedings of the Congress, pg 27, November 1975.

14.              Aryanpur, I, Shakibi, JG, et al: The spectrum of rheumatic heart disease in Iranian children. Presented at the 6th Asian-Pacific Congress of Cardiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. Proceedings of the Congress, pg 4, October 1976.

15.              Motlagh, FA, Azar, H, Aryanpur, I: Regression of extreme pulmonary hypertension after mitral valve surgery. Presented at the 6th Asian- Pacific Congress of Cardiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. Proceedings of the Congress, pg. 66. October 1976.

16.              Azar, H, Aryanpur, I, Ghazvenian, R: Results of open commissurotomy for juvenile mitral stenosis. Presented at the 6th Asian-Pacific Congress of Cardiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. Proceedings of the Congress, pg. 66. October 1976.

17.              Shakibi, JG, Siassi, B, Aryanpur, I: A morphometric study of the aortomitral valve apparatus of the fetal and adult chick heart. Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, Illinois. October 1976.

18.              Aryanpur, I, Shakibi, JG, Yazdanyar, A, et al: Closed vs open mitral commissurotomy in children with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Presented at the 8th World Congress of Cardiology, Tokyo,Japan.  Proceedings of the Congress, pg 253, September 1978.

19.              Alipur, MS, Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I: Characteristic angiographic sign in Ebstein's anomaly. Presented at the 8th World Congress of Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan. Proceedings of the Congress, pg 231, September, 1978.

20.              Sheikhzadeh, A, Aryanpur, I, Banisadre, H: Echo and angio cardio graphic features of hypertrophied papillary muscle in rheumatic mitral stenosis. . Presented at the 8th World Congress of Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan. Proceedings of the Congress, pg 224, September 1978.

21.              Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I, Nazarian, I: The anatomic correlate of ventricular dysfunction in Tetralogy of Fallot. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, Illinois. Proceedings of the Congress, pg 15, October 1978.

22.              Aryanpur-Kashani, I: Dual A-V nodal pathways in children. Presented at the 11th Inter-American Congress of Cardiology, Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Congress, pg. 75, September 1980.

23.              Aryanpur-Kashani, I: Surgical treatment of rheumatic heart disease in children. Presented at American Heart Association "Rheumatic Fever in the 1980's", New Delhi, India. March 1981 {by invitation)

24.              Kashani, IA: Lectures -- International Meeting of Pediatrics, Tijuana, BC Mexico. July 1982.

25.              Kashani, IA: Lectures --. International Meeting of Pediatrics, Tijuana, BC Mexico, July 1983.

26.              Kashani, IA, Higgins, CB, Higgins, SS, Swensson, RE: Evaluation of renal function in children after large dose angiocardiography. 56th American Heart Association Meeting, Circulation supplement, Anaheim, California. November 1983.

27.              Valdes-Cruz, LM, Sahn, DJ, Swensson, RE, Kashani, IA: Continuous wave Doppler estimates of the severity of stenosis for bio prosthetic valves in lambs. 33rd American College of Cardiology, 1983.

28.              Kashani, IA, Richardson, B, Bloor, C: Effects of prostaglandin in chronic hypoxia on the pulmonary vascular bed of newborn rats. Presented at the 57th American Heart Association meeting, Miami, Florida. November 1984.

29.              Kashani, I, Nulton, G: Noninvasive assessment of PDA in preterm infants. Presented at the 12th Inter-American Congress of Cardiology, Vancouver, Canada. June 1985.

30.              Kashani, I: Prevention of Heart Disease in Childhood. Presented at Pediatric Update, San Diego, CA March 1988.

31.              Sallis, JF, Calfas, K, Kashani, I et al: "Health behavior change groups in Preventive Cardiology Center", presented at the Preventive Cardiology Award meeting, Bethesda, MD, April 1988.

32.              Rupp, JW, Kashani, I: "Teaching Medical Students about Nutrition through Cardiovascular Risk Factor Assessment." The American Dietetic Association 71st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October, 1988.

33.              Kashani, IA: Heart Disease Prevention in Pediatrics. · Pediatrics 401 Clerkship lecture, January and April 1988.

34.              Kashani, IA, Criqui, M, et al: A tiered approach to cardiovascular risk factor feedback in medical students. Tenth PCAA Annual Meeting, April 12-13, 1989, Bethesda, MD

35.              Kashani, IA, Kaplan, RM, Criqui, MH, et al: Cardiovascular risk factor assessment as an educational tool. 2nd International Conference on Preventive Cardiology and 29th AHA Council on Epidemiology, June 18-22, 1989, Washington, D.C.

36.              Kaplan, RM, Kashani, IA, Criqui, MH, et al: Effects of medical education on cardiovascular risk factor. 2nd International Conference on Preventive Cardiology and 29th AHA Council on Epidemiology, June 18-22, 1989, Washington, D.C.

37.              Langer, RD, Criqui, MH, Kashani, IA, et al: PCAA data as an epidemiologic teaching tool. 11th PCAA Annual Meeting, April 18-19, 1990, Bethesda, MD.

38.              Rupp, JW, Kaplan; RM, Kashani, IA, et al: Dietary changes between entrance and graduation in medical students. 11th PCAA Annual Meeting, April 18-19, 1990, Bethesda, MD.

39.              Kashani, IA, Sallis, J, Criqui, MH, et al: Cardiovascular risk factor modification through health behavior changes in the elderly. UCSD Institute for Research on the Aging Information Exchange. April 5, 1990, San Diego, CA.

Curriculum Vitae -- Iraj A. Kashani, M.D.

40.               Kashani, IA, Langer, RD, Criqui, MH, et al: Effects of parental behavior modification on children's cardiovascular ·risk Hyperlipidemia in Childhood and Development of Atherosclerosis, May 2-4, 1990, Bethesda, MD.

41.               Sallis JF, Calfas K, Kashani IA. Health Behavior Change Groups in a Preventive Cardiology Center. PCAA Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD, April 20-21, 1988.

42.               McCann TJ, Dimsdale JE, Kaplan RM, Kashani IA, et aL The Relationship of Psychological Factors to Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Medical Students. Proceedings of the San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange, April, 1991.

43.              Kashani IA, Rupp JW, Kaplan R, Lander RD, et aL Effects of a Preventive Cardiology Curriculum on Medical Students' Cardiovascular Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors. Proceedings of the San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange, April 1991.

44.               McCann TJ, Sallis JF, Kashani IA, et aL Attrition Patterns in a Preventive Cardiology Center. Presented at the 120th Annual Meeting of APHA, Nov-Dec 1992. American Journal of Public Health 82 (2):311, Feb, 1992.

45.               McCann TJ, Sallis JF, Criqui MH, Langer RD, Kashani IA, et aL The Relationship among Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Medical Students: Presented at the 120th Annual Meeting of APHA, Nov-Dec 1992. American Journal of Public Health 82 (2):311, Feb 1992.

46.               Rupp JW, Kashani IA, Kaplan RM, Criqui MH. Teaching Medical Students About Nutrition through Cardiovascular Risk Factor Assessment. The American Dietetic Association 71st Annual Meeting.  San Francisco, Oct 1988.

47.              Kashani IA, Criqui M, Kaplan RM, Nader PR, Langer R, Bracker M, Ross J, Dimsdale J, Sallis J, Rupp J, ries AL. A Tiered Approach to Cardiovascular Risk Factor Feedback in Medical Students. Tenth PCAA Annual Meeting, April 12-13, 1989, Bethesda, MD.

48.              Kashani IA, Kaplan RM, Criqui MH, Nader PR, Rupp J, Sallis JF, Dimsdale J, Langer R, Bracker M, Ross J. Cardiovascular Risk Factor Assessment as an Educational Tool.

2nd International Conference on Preventive Cardiology and 29th AHA Council in Epidemiology, June 18-22, 1989, Washington, D.C.

49.              Kaplan RM, Kashani IA, Criqui MH, Nader PR, Rupp J, Sallis JF, Dimsdale J, Langer R, Bracker M, Ross J. Effects of Medical Education on Diet, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Concerning Cardiovascular  Risk Factors. 2nd International  Conference on Preventive  Cardiology  and  29th  AHA  Council  in Epidemiology,  June  18-22, 1989, Washington, D.C.

50.              Langer RD, Criqui MH, Kashani IA. PCAA Data as an Epidemiology Teaching Too. I Ith PCAA Annual Meeting, April 18-19, 1990, Bethesda, MD.

51.              Rupp JU, Kaplan RM, Criqui MH, Kashani IA, Sallis JF, Langer RD. Dietary Changes between Entrance  and Graduation in Medical  Students Participating  in a Preventive Cardiology Award Curriculum. 1lth PCAA Annual Meeting, April 18-19, 1990, Bethesda, MD.

52.  ·     Kashani IA, Sallis JF, Criqui MH,!anger R, Rupp J, Ross J, Houghter R.  Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification through Health Behavior Changes in the Elderly.  UCSD Institute for Research on the Aging Information Exchange, April 5, 1990, San Diego, CA.

53.              Kashani IA, Langer RD, Criqui MH. Effects on Prenatal Behavior Modification on Children's Cardiovacular Risk. Hyperlipidemia in Childhood and Development of Atherosclerosis, May 2-4, 1990. Bethesda, MD.

54.              Kashani IA, Nader P.  The Preliminary Outcome of the CATCH Trial: California Society of Pediatric Cardiology, September  16, 1995, Coronado, CA.                                      ·

SELECTED BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS:

L     Aryanpur I, Nazarian I, and Siassi B: Rheumatic Heart Disease in Developing Countries. In: Heart Disease in Infants, Children and Adolescents (Eds) Moss AJ, Adams FA, Emmanouilides GC. 2nd Edition. The Williams and Wilkins Co., 1977. p 547.

2.                  Medical Editor: English-Persian Dictionaries in 2 volumes by Abbas Aryanpur-Kashani

3.                  Medical Editor: Persian-English Dictionary in 1 volume by Abbas Aryanpur- Kashani

4.                  Medical Editor: English-Persian Dictionaries in 6 volumes by Abbas Aryanpur-Kashani

5.                  Aryanpur-Kashani I, Higgins CB: Child with a heart murmur.  In: Practical Pediatric Radiology (Eds.) Hilton S, Edwards D, and Hilton J. WB Saunders Co., 1984.

6.                  Aryanpur, I: Treatment of heart disease in children. In Pediatric Therapy (Ed.) Farhoudi, A (in Persian).  1973, pg. 242.

7.                  Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, I, Paydar, M et al: A new vectorcard iographic clue in diagnosis of left ventricular- right atrial communication. In Noninvasive Cardiovascular Diagnosis. Current Contents.  Baltimore: University Park Press, 1977, pg 471.

8.                  Shepherd, S, Kashani, IA, Higgins, S:  Caring for the Child with Congestive Heart Failure.  Sponsored by San Diego Chapter of the American Heart Association.

 

EXHIBITS & WORKSHIPS:

1.                Shakibi, JG, Siassi, B, Aryanpur, I, and Nazarian, I:  Rheumatic heart disease in Iranian · children. A clinic pathologic overview. Exhibit at the 25th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology. New Orleans, Louisiana.  February 1976.

2.                 Shakibi, JG, Aryanpur, IK, et al: Syndromes associated with cardiovascular anomalies. Exhibit at the 28th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology, March 1979.

3.                 Swensson, RE, Kashani, I: Spectrum of left ventricular outflow obstructions in children. Exhibit at the 32nd American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, Lousiana, March 1983.

4.                  Kashani, IA, Higgins, SB: Care of infants with congestive heart failure. Exhibit at the 33rd American College of Cardiology, Dallas, Texas, March 1984.

5.                 Kashani, IA, Higgins, SB: The child with congenital heart defect: An overview of physical assessment principles and parental counseling strategies (workshop). Second World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology, New York, June 1985.

6.                 Kashani, IA, Goscienski, PJ: Aim for wellness. Well baby workshop. San Diego, California, September 1985.