Dr. Norman Scott Kato MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
5535 Balboa Blvd Suite 112 Encino CA, 91316Rating
5/5
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Dr. Norman Kato is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Encino, CA. Dr. Kato specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Kato typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1981
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1981
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Idiopathic cystic medial necrosis of the coronary arteries leading to myocardial infarction, old and recent. Clinical pathologic correlation and historical review.
- Intra-atrial myxomas, clinical-pathologic correlation based on two case studies including historical review.
- Contractile proteins in myocardial cells are regulated by factor(s) released by blood vessels.
- Effect of left atrial filling pressure on the activity of specific myosin isozymes in rat heart.
- Effects of chronic growth hormone hypersecretion on intrinsic contractility, energetics, isomyosin pattern, and myosin adenosine triphosphatase activity of rat left ventricle.
- Technical considerations and logic of antegrade and retrograde blood cardioplegic delivery.
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