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20/20 Vision: The Most Critical Discoveries This Century
Discoveries / October 22, 2020
Advanced Coronary Revascularization for Severe Coronary Disease
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 improve the lives of patients with severe coronary artery ...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 24, 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-Year-Old Drummer ...
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 in minimally invasive techniques are making major ...
Discoveries / Feb 17, 2021
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 years ago when the patient underwent heart valve replacement ...
Discoveries / Feb 15, 2021
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 the elements of inflammation in a quest to heal and prevent...
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.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 11, 2021
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 with infection-fighting proteins triggering multiple ...
Discoveries / Oct 27, 2020
Heart to Heart
The inaugural chairs of two departments in the Smidt Heart Institute were recruited for their inventive approaches to improving patient care. In turn, Christine Albert, MD, and Joanna Chikwe, MD, chose Smidt for its excellence. Read more.
Discoveries / Oct 19, 2020
Options in Treating Mitral Valve Disease
There has been a huge paradigm shift over the last five years where doctors can offer patients with mitral valve disease more surgical and nonsurgical options than ever before. Read more.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Aug 28, 2020
High Blood Pressure: What Women Need to Know
Research at Cedars-Sinai finds high blood pressure progresses faster in women. Here's everything women need to know about the new findings.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / May 29, 2020
Living With Heart Failure
Millions of Americans are living with heart failure. While heart failure sometimes becomes a chronic illness, there are new ways to treat and manage this heart condition to improve quality of life.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 30, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Joanna Chikwe, MD
Cedars-Sinai's Joanna Chikwe MD, shares all things heart—including her favorite love story, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Discoveries / Feb 14, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Alfredo Trento, MD
Smidt Heart Institute leaders on all things heart—including their favorite love stories
Discoveries / Feb 13, 2020
Brotherly Bond Strengthened by Heart Transplants
The Bedolla brothers share a special bond after all 3 received heart transplants at Cedars-Sinai.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 12, 2020
Matters of the Heart: Janet Wei, MD
Cardiologist Janet Wei, MD, at the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center in the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, shares all things heart—including her favorite love story, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Discoveries / Feb 11, 2020