Articles tagged with 'Heart' & 'Guerin Childrens' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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 …

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s pediatric oncologist Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS, has been reelected as Children’s Oncology Group (COG) voting body chair for a second five-year term.“It’s an honor to continue to serve COG, a research network that has …

Charles Schulz and his wife, Flor, sat in their living room on New Year’s Eve 2023, watching TV and counting down the seconds until the ball dropped in New York’s Times Square. After the clock struck midnight, the couple kissed and Flor said to her …

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, …

Pediatric cardiologist Jay Pruetz, MD, has joined Cedars-Sinai as director of Fetal Cardiology and associate director of the Pediatric Congenital Heart Program at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s and the Smidt Heart Institute.“Dr. Pruetz is known for …

Investigators with Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s and other research institutions have identified a process responsible for the development of teeth called incisors—a discovery that could one day improve understanding of how birth defects happen.The …

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 …

Actress, singer and songwriter, Mckenna Grace, 17, is having a moment in the spotlight with the upcoming opening of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Her path to the big screen, however, is not the typical Hollywood story.When Grace was 12, her father, …

With cheers and tears of joy, the Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s healthcare team waved farewell to Ellyannah Lopez, who left the hospital 10 months after her birth as a micro-preemie. Ellyannah was born at just 26 weeks gestation in May 2023, …

Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS, has an important message for parents whose children have been diagnosed with sarcoma, a type of cancer that develops in the bones or soft tissues.“For many children, there are treatment options and even a cure,” said …

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 …

A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators found that blocking a protein called interleukin-1-beta improved cardiac dysfunction and arrythmias in Kawasaki disease, a rare illness that affects children and causes their blood vessels to swell and …

Two new studies by Cedars-Sinai investigators support using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict sudden cardiac arrest—a health emergency that in 90% of cases leads to death within minutes.“Sudden cardiac arrest is a mostly lethal condition, and …

A highly contagious childhood disease once eradicated by vaccination has made a comeback.Globally, measles cases increased by 79% in 2023, according to the World Health Organization. In 2022, WHO estimated that measles killed more than 130,000—most …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s opened a clinic today to provide specialized multidisciplinary care for children with Angelman syndrome, a rare and severe neurodevelopmental condition.“Children with Angelman syndrome present significant difficulties …

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 …

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 …

You may not know Carol Barr, but in the future, she could save your life.Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. It can, in some cases, …

Heart rhythm expert Sumeet Chugh, MD, associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is the recipient of this year’s American College of Cardiology (ACC) Distinguished Scientist Award-Clinical Domain.“I am grateful to my ACC …

One of the Smidt Heart Institute’s leading experts in artificial intelligence, David Ouyang, MD, has been named a deputy editor of NEJM AI—a newly established, peer-reviewed journal from the publishers of the highly respected, New England Journal of …

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s welcomes four new specialists to its regional network of pediatric healthcare providers and hospitals. “Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s continues to build its roster of talented physicians,” said Ophir Klein, …

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 …

In the nick of time for Christmas, Santa Claus brought a welcome dose of holiday joy to pediatric patients and their families at Cedars-Sinai.Continuing a heartwarming tradition, Santa—who bears a striking resemblance to David Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, …

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 …

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has opened an Aortic Surveillance Clinic for the evaluation and long-term monitoring of patients with enlarged aortas, or aortic aneurysms, for whom surgery may not be necessary.The clinic is the newest …

In the summer of 2022, an overwhelmed Jon Anderson was nervously preparing for a big moment—having robotic coronary artery bypass surgery. Just over a year later, in the fall of 2023, Anderson was staring down another major life event. This one: …