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2026
June
22,
2026
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It was a fall day in 2024 and Ken Aster was hiking in Catalina, California, with his wife, Melissa Orr. They hiked together often but 64-year-old Aster—also an avid cyclist, surfer and pickleball player—was shocked to find he couldn’t keep up.His …
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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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2025
October
27,
2025
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11:30 AM
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Minimally Invasive Procedure for Aortic Valve Disease Has Similar Outcomes as Surgery, Study Reports
People who underwent a minimally invasive procedure to have their heart’s aortic valve replaced had similar health outcomes years after treatment as people who had surgery, Cedars-Sinai investigators and colleagues report.Raj Makkar, MD, an …
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September
12,
2025
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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February
13,
2025
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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2024
December
13,
2024
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai today announced a $35 million gift from Martha and Bruce Karsh and the Karsh Family Foundation. The major donation includes $30 million to establish the Karsh Division of Interventional Cardiology and $5 million to create the Karsh …
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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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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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2023
August
31,
2023
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15:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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