The Cedars-Sinai Specialist Aortic Service and Acute Aortic Di...
The best aortic dissection treatment results are achieved in centers that provide a dedicated service, like Cedars-Sinai. An experienced team is vital to the success of the necessa...
Setting the Standard in Mitral Valve Repair
Cedars-Sinai received the top rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for mitral surgery again this year and is supporting new initiatives to help patients and their physician...
Important Changes Published in the new 2020 ACC/AHA Valvular H...
New guidelines published in the 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease impact treatment of chronic, severe functional mitral regurgitatio...
"Broken Heart" Syndrome Spikes During COVID-19
Incidence of Takotsubo or “broken heart” syndrome increased in 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic is one reason for the spike.
Don't Delay Urgent Health Needs
Urgent health needs won't wait for the COVID-19 pandemic to pass—and neither should you. Pain, cancer, diabetes, and heart problems need consistent treatment and management. When i...
Cedars-Sinai Magazine / Mar 08, 2021
Advanced Coronary Revascularization for Severe Coronary Diseas...
With an international expert team of heart specialists in cardiovascular surgery and coronary vascularization, Cedars-Sinai is a leader in advancing the surgical technique to impro...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 19, 2021
Lupus and Heart Disease: A Deadly Duo
Many patients with the autoimmune disease lupus are dying from heart disease, and Cedars-Sinai experts in cardiology, immunology and rheumatology have joined forces to find out why...
Discoveries / Feb 23, 2021
The Beat Goes On: How Minimally Invasive Surgery Saved A 77-Ye...
Just a decade ago, surgical options were limited for people like 77-year-old drummer Denny Seiwell, who came to Cedars-Sinai with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm. But advances i...
Valve Value
Raj Makkar, MD, keeps a photograph of one of his patients: a centenarian grinning in front of a vibrant yellow logo at his favorite country radio station. Makkar met him eight year...
A Double-Edged Sword: Inflammation and Your Health
Inflammation is the body's defense against injury and infection but, left unchecked, it can ravage organs and trigger disease. Cedars-Sinai scientists are seeking ways to dampen th...
Discoveries / Feb 12, 2021
Faces of Cedars-Sinai: Dr. Dominick Megna
When Dr. Dominick Megna is not in the OR transplanting organs and repairing aortas, he can be found fine-tuning his other passion: cooking. Read more.
Faces of Cedars-Sinai: Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Pedro Catarino
Meet Dr. Pedro Catarino, the new director of Aortic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai. We talked him about joining the Smidt Heart Institute, the latest innovations in heart and lung transpl...
Cardiac Care in the Coronavirus Age
A study co-authored by Joanne Chikwe, MD, found that heart-related admissions are down by more than 70% in many institutions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Improving Heart Disease Treatment
An important study led by Joanna Chikwe, MD found that the best treatment for coronary artery disease patients is a bypass followed by a stent procedure.
The Heart of COVID-19
Cedars-Sinai researchers are making a critical difference in helping patients overcome a common reaction triggered by COVID-19, a cytokine storm, which can overwhelming the body wi...
Discoveries / Oct 27, 2020
