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G’bari Gilliam was living the life he had dreamed about since childhood. The professional hip-hop dancer had moved to Los Angeles, built a successful career and was rehearsing for his next performance when his heart suddenly stopped.Gilliam, 32, …

Younger people who experience sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to have a genetic cause than older people who experience it, according to new research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. The study, published in JACC: Clinical …

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified rare genetic variants that might make some young people more likely to experience sudden cardiac arrest than others—but noted a lower rate for these variants than reported in previous studies. The findings …