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ery, and gestational hypertension, which is newly elevated blood pressure during pregnancy. Both conditions are known to increase a woman’s risk of heart disease, heart failure and stroke later in life.That’s why Kilpatrick, Bello and the broader cardio-obstetrics teams—including physician-sci ... Read more

There's a huge urgency worldwide to find new therapies that help patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurological disorder that causes people to eventually lose the ability to walk, talk, eat and breathe.ALS attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that are responsible ... Read more

Científicos clínicos del Smidt Heart Institute en Cedars-Sinai desarrollaron un algoritmo clínico que, por primera vez, distingue entre un paro cardíaco repentino tratable y formas intratables de la afección. Los hallazgos, publicados hoy en el Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cli ... Read more

diseases, as well as to their families. She is able to explain the process and tell them she knows what they are going through."I'm all in it with my heart," Lopez said. "I care for the children like a mother would."Caitlin Meaney was one of Lopez' cancer patients. The teenager spent a great deal of ... Read more

El Informe anual 2022 del Smidt Heart Institute en Cedars-Sinai ya está disponible y detalla las últimas investigaciones y logros médicos del equipo de expertos clasificado como el número 1 en cardiología y cirugía cardíaca en California por U.S. News & World Report.“Estamos particularm ... Read more

To Our Community, Patients and Employees:I am deeply disheartened to share this news. For nearly two months, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has negotiated in good faith with representatives of SEIU-UHW to reach a fair and mutually beneficial agreement for employees represented by the union. We had hope ... Read more

U.S. hospitals surveyed.Since the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began tracking 30-day mortality rates for three common conditions (heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia), Cedars-Sinai’s mortality rates have remained among the lowest in the nation.  In fact, Cedars-Sinai ... Read more

isting treatments for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have been suboptimal, leaving most patients symptomatic and often, in need of invasive or even open-heart surgery,” said Florian Rader, MD, MSc, site principal investigator of the Phase III clinical trial in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sina ... Read more

agnosis and treatment of the disease. Read more>  Cell-Derived Therapy May Help Repair Abnormal Heart RhythmVesicles secreted from human heart cells may repair damaged tissue and prevent lethal heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study led by Eugenio Cingolani, MD, director ... Read more

isease. “The perception out there is that if you put a coronary stent in someone with stable chest pain or stable angina, you’re going to prevent heart attacks or prolong people’s life,” Khandwalla told Healio. He said multiple studies have demonstrated that this type of treatment has not be ... Read more