Combating Heart Disease in the Black Community
Black Americans are at a higher risk for heart disease and stroke. Cedars-Sinai cardiologist Dr. Merije Chukumerije explains this health disparity and addresses ways to lower the r...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 30, 2022
Narrowing the Gap: New Device Makes Heart Valve Repair Safer, ...
A new FDA-approved device makes significantly more people with pulmonary valve disease eligible for minimally invasive surgery when they need a valve replaced.
Discoveries / Mar 22, 2022
Research Frontier: Pregnancy and Heart Health
Natalie Bello, MD, is on a mission to address the links between hypertension and pregnancy.
Discoveries / Mar 16, 2022
Faces of Cedars-Sinai: Dr. Jae Hyung Cho
Meet Dr. Jae-Hyung Cho, a physician-scientist researching sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmias in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai!
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 25, 2022
Atrial Fibrillation: Know the Warning Signs
People with an atrial fibrillation diagnosis would be wise to take heed of the messages their bodies are sending them—and to take comfort in knowing just how successful timely inte...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 23, 2022
Fish Oil Supplements, CoQ10 and Your Heart
Using fish oil or CoQ10 for heart health? Despite benefits, research shows fish oil supplements are risky in high doses, and CoQ10 should be used with caution.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 16, 2022
New Mom With Two Blocked Arteries Gets a Second Chance at Life
Suffering a tear in a major brain artery during pregnancy is rare. One woman experienced two and got a second chance at life thanks to her persistence and the work of expert neuros...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 10, 2022
Faces of Cedars-Sinai: Dr. Natalie Bello
Meet Dr. Natalie Bello, director of Hypertension Research at the Smidt Heart Institute, and learn about her important work in hypertension research.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 07, 2022
In Her Own Words: Congenital Heart Expert Dr. Ruchira Garg
Meet Dr. Ruchira Garg, director of Congenital Noninvasive Cardiology and associate director of the Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program at the Smidt Heart Institute, shared her t...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 16, 2021
Best Gift Ever: Patient Gets New Heart and Kidney
On December 25, 2020, advertising executive Shana Pereira finally got the Christmas gift she had been waiting for: a new heart and kidney. Despite a lot of bad news leading up to t...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 06, 2021
Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: The New Standa...
The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is leading the way in robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery for various pathologies of the heart and aorta, resulting in less pai...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Nov 19, 2021
Cardiac Rhythm Disorders & Advanced Therapeutic Program for Ve...
Ashkan Ehdaie, MD, describes how catheter ablation is used to control ventricular tachycardia while providing information on other approaches to address VT, including the complex C...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Nov 19, 2021
First-in-human experience of transcatheter mitral valve therap...
Raj Makkar, MD, interventional cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai, used Eos device to treat clinically significant, symptomatic mitral valve disease with transcatheter mitral valve repla...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Nov 18, 2021
Advances in Congenital Heart Disease Have Improved Survival Ra...
Major advances in the field of congenital heart disease have dramatically improved survival rates for babies born within the last 50 years—and outcomes are only improving. Learn mo...
Discoveries / Nov 11, 2021
A Brief Timeline of Advances in Congenital Heart Surgery
Patients in the 1960s and 1970s were the first brave people to undergo these initial congenital heart disease surgical repairs that have led to improved outcomes. Here is a brief t...
Discoveries / Nov 10, 2021
