Articles tagged with 'minimally invasive heart surgery' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars-Sinai has been awarded $26 million to study whether open-heart surgery or a minimally invasive procedure has better outcomes in people born with a common heart condition.Led by interventional cardiologist Raj Makkar, MD, the …

People living with tricuspid valve disease are gaining more treatment options, driven by research from Cedars-Sinai investigators and collaborators at other leading medical institutions.Traditionally, cardiothoracic surgeons have repaired or …

David M. Booher, who writes for TV and film and has created original comics, including the fantasy series Canto, found himself in a surreal reality last week. Just a day after his Altadena home was destroyed in the Eaton fire, Booher underwent …

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 …

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 …

Cedars-Sinai investigators are leaders in the innovation and use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with balloon-expandable valves. They now show that redo TAVR procedures are both safe and effective when compared with situations in …