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2021
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nning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE).Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute, thought heart specialists could provide an innovative solution. Working with cardiologist Evan Zahn, MD, they created a team of vascular specialists who ...
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Feb
2021
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also coupled with several other ailments like advanced multiorgan dysfunction. Her collective conditions put her at too high of risk to undergo open heart surgery.Instead, interventional cardiologist Raj Makkar, MD, vice president of Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention for Cedars-Sinai and a ...
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Feb
2021
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Healthcare workers might not be so different from the general population in the factors that determine their risk of getting COVID-19. A new study led by Cedars-Sinai shows that healthcare workers are more likely to have antibodies to COVID-19 in their blood if they are African American or Latino or ...
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Feb
2021
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.”The first number in a blood pressure reading is called the systolic pressure and measures the force of the blood against the artery walls as your heart beats. The second number is the diastolic pressure, the blood pressure against the artery walls between heartbeats.For years, 120 mmHg has been ...
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Feb
2021
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Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai. "Among other accomplishments, our investigators have shown how the SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly attack the heart. They have uncovered immune dysfunction in coronavirus patients who develop respiratory failure and co-authored high-profile papers re ...
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Feb
2021
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e more than a year ago, Teimourian's dreams of motherhood had been just that—a dream—until her Smidt Heart Institute team repaired her congenital heart defect, ultimately preparing her for a healthy pregnancy, delivery and baby.“Love has a whole new meaning this year,” said Teimourian, a hai ...
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Feb
2021
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Medical science has come a long way in efficiently diagnosing and effectively treating women with heart disease, but with upward of 500,000 women in the U.S. being treated for it every year, there is more work ahead, says one of the nation's leading experts.“Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause ...
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Jan
2021
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th two other Cedars-Sinai efforts:The Smidt Heart Institute's Post-COVID-19 Cardiology Program, which enrolls patients who have been diagnosed with a heart issue associated with post-COVID-19 recovery.The Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine's Post-ICU Clinic, which focuses primarily on respiratory a ...
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Jan
2021
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When Shari Baugh, 61, woke up on her birthday last October, she had two new reasons to be grateful for another trip around the sun: the healthy heart and kidney she had just received from Cedars-Sinai transplant surgeons.“When I think about the timing of waking up after surgery on my birthday, ...
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2021
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events.”Medical experts are mystified, Chugh says, because during these late hours, most patients are in a resting state, with reduced metabolism, heart rate and blood pressure.Sudden cardiac arrest–also called sudden cardiac death–is an electrical disturbance of the heart rhythm that causes ...
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