Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Archive Heart, Research
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2026
September
08,
2026
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University used an experimental drug to reverse the effects of systemic sclerosis, a serious autoimmune disease. The study, conducted in a laboratory, was published in JCI Insight.Systemic sclerosis, …
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July
16,
2026
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10:11 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Two studies from investigators at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University move the medical field closer to solving a longstanding challenge: predicting who is at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. “The majority of people who have a sudden cardiac …
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April
13,
2026
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Study Based on National Registry Finds Strong Outcomes for Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement
A national study led by investigators from Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University found that transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, or TTVR, delivered strong early results in real-world practice. Patients treated with TTVR experienced near …
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March
25,
2026
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11:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The heart’s ability to use oxygen efficiently is a critical indicator of its health, but tests to measure this function have drawbacks that can limit their use. A new Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University study found that a new MRI system …
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2025
November
19,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators from Cedars-Sinai and other institutions have created the largest artificial intelligence-based model for analyzing and producing reports from echocardiograms, ultrasound images doctors often use to diagnose heart disease. Their study, …
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May
05,
2025
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A new study conducted at Cedars-Sinai reveals how the cholesterol-reducing drug evolocumab prevents heart attacks in people with coronary artery disease—a leading cause of death in the United States.Coronary artery disease occurs when cholesterol …
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February
24,
2025
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06:32 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Catherine Jayasuriya thought it was strange her then-6-year-old son, Dusty Brandom, seemed to fall down more often than other children and couldn’t keep up with his siblings. That year, 1998, Jayasuriya took Dusty to several doctors, one of …
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January
28,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Although women are less likely than men to develop a combination of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic disease, they are more likely to die from it, according to research co-led by a Cedars-Sinai investigator and published in the journal …
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January
22,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A specially designed drug prevented laboratory mice from developing heart failure after heart attacks, according to new research from Cedars-Sinai. This discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent heart failure, a serious cardiac condition …
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2024
November
08,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Artery-clogging plaque can lead to a heart attack, and artificial intelligence (AI) may help physicians advise patients about their risk, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study. The study, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, …
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September
13,
2024
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07:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Radiation therapy is part of the standard treatment for advanced lung cancer, but can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, also called arrhythmias.In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal JACC: CardioOncology, Cedars-Sinai and Harvard …
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August
20,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators with the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program to detect the presence and severity of mitral valve regurgitation, the most common heart valve disorder. The …
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July
23,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
How a person’s immune system responds to a protein called LL-37 may increase risk for developing acute coronary syndrome, but the response may also serve as a potential target for future treatments. These findings come from a new research study led …
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June
17,
2024
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When electrophysiologist Eugenio Cingolani, MD, isn’t seeing patients, he can usually be found in his laboratory, investigating improved treatments for heart rhythm disorders.Cingolani, director of Cardiogenetics and Preclinical Research in the …
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May
06,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
An artificial intelligence (AI) program developed by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute and their Cedars-Sinai colleagues can detect a type of abnormal heart rhythm that can go unnoticed during medical appointments, according to a new …
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April
30,
2024
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14:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Artificial intelligence experts at Cedars-Sinai and the Smidt Heart Institute created a dataset with more than 1 million echocardiograms, or cardiac ultrasound videos, and their corresponding clinical interpretations. Using this database, they …
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April
24,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and colleagues report that women with Type 2 diabetes diagnosed with hypertension before age 50 may benefit from intensive blood pressure treatment.The findings, published in Diabetes Care, …
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April
02,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
FINDINGSThis study, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, applies novel artificial intelligence (AI) methods to measure heart function. Investigators have designed a program that can be applied to standard heart …
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March
08,
2024
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai recently became one of four institutions in the U.S. and the first on the West Coast to use a new device aimed at lowering blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension. Cedars-Sinai is …
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March
06,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators found that blocking a protein called interleukin-1-beta improved cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmias in Kawasaki disease, a rare illness that affects children and causes their blood vessels to swell and …
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February
20,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib). The findings, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute …
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February
19,
2024
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11:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows there is a gap between women and men when it comes to exercise.The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), show that women can exercise less …
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February
16,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Experts at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai who have studied progress made over decades of research say there’s still a long way to go before medical science fully understands how heart disease is different in women than men.But there is …
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February
14,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A collaborative group of investigators used artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly and accurately measure fat around the heart using a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan during a routine test. The technique, identified by the Division of …
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February
08,
2024
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09:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Physicians in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have achieved two significant firsts: completing the institute’s 100th minimally invasive tricuspid valve replacement and performing the first-ever implantation of a new bioprosthetic …
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January
25,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and colleagues found that women with steatotic liver disease related to alcohol consumption have almost twice the risk of dying within a certain time period than men with the …
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January
03,
2024
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A new research study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai aimed to understand the possible connection between COVID-19 vaccination and a difficult-to-diagnose heart condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS. The …
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2023
December
20,
2023
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06:45 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD, director of the Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has been honored by two national organizations for her excellence and leadership in the field of …
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December
12,
2023
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15:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Infusions of potentially therapeutic cells derived from the heart are safe for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a form of high blood pressure that occurs in the blood vessels of the lungs and typically affects middle-aged women, …
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November
16,
2023
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators from the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that among a cohort of women with obstructive coronary artery disease treated at academic medical centers, racial and ethnic …
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