Dr. Nao Sasaki earned her medical degree from Tokyo Medical and Dental University. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Her clinical interest is in non-invasive imaging including cardiac MRI, transthoracic, transesophageal and fetal echocardiogram.

Dr. Sasaki is bilingual in English and Japanese. 

Publications

Al-Mousily, M.F., Lopez, L., ..., Saski, N., et al (2021). Aortic size in children: Systolic measurements are different from diastolic measurements. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 14(2), 165-169. View in Pubmed

Lipshultz, S.E., Sasaki, N., Thompson, B., et al (2019). Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in HIV-uninfected Infants Exposed in Utero to Antiretroviral Therapy . AIDS, View in Pubmed

Annavajjhala, V., Valente, A.M., Lopez, L., ..., Sasaki, N., et al (2019). Echocardiographic Surveillance in Children After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair: Adherence to Guidelines? . International journal of cardiology, View in Pubmed

Parikh, P. , Muniz, J.C., Lopez, L., ..., Sasaki, N. (2019). Rare Occurrence of Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome in the Setting of Double-Outlet Right Ventricle With Unbalanced Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect . International journal of cardiology, 3(2), 56-59. View in Pubmed

Agarwal, A., Lam, S., Li, H., Gorla, S.R., Sasaki, N., et al (2018). Association of left atrial pressure with left atrial volume and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide in children with cardiomyopathy. Cardiology in the young, 28(11), 30060778.

Sasaki, N., Lopez, L. (2017). Imaging of left-to-right shunt in adults. Current Opinion in Cardiology, 32(5), 475-481. View in Pubmed

Fundora, M.P., Aregullin, E.O., ..., Sasaki, N., et al (2016). Echocardiographic and Surgical Correlation of Coronary Artery Patterns in Transposition of the Great Arteries. Congenital Heart Disease, 11(6), 570-577. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, N., Garcia, M., Ko, H.H., et al (2015). Applicability of Published Guidelines for Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Adults to Children With Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: An Observational Study . Pediatric cardiology, 36(2), 386-392. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, N., Garcia, M., Lytrivi, I., et al (2011). Utility of Doppler Tissue Imaging-Derived Indices in Identifying Subclinical Systolic Ventricular Dysfunction in Children With Restrictive Cardiomyopathy . Pediatric cardiology, 32(5), 646-651. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, N. , Joashi, U.C., Vergara, M., et al (2009). Postrenal Biopsy AVM Leading to Severe Hypertension and Dilated Cardiomyopathy . Pediatric nephrology, 24(12), 2459-2462. View in Pubmed

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