Richard Cheng, MD

HS Assist. Clinical Professor

Dr. Richard Cheng is a cardiologist who specializes in the comprehensive care of patients with heart failure. Having trained in both advanced heart failure and interventional cardiology, his approach combines medical therapy optimization with minimally invasive surgeries and novel devices that can improve heart function. As both a heart transplant and interventional cardiologist, he also specializes in supporting patients in cardiogenic shock – a type of shock that may occur when the heart can't pump well enough to meet the body's needs – with temporary circulatory pumps as a bridge to recovery or heart transplantation.

Cheng's research is focused on how to rescue patients in cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest and on optimizing the performance of minimally invasive repair of leaky heart valves. His research interests include temporary mechanical circulatory support, stents and stent-valves (tiny tubes that can be placed surgically to keep blood vessels open) in patients with heart failure, minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve repair, and coronary artery disease after heart transplantation.

After earning his medical degree at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Cheng completed residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He completed fellowships in cardiology, interventional cardiology, and advanced heart failure and transplant at Cedars-Sinai.

Cheng belongs to the American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, and American Heart Association.

Education
Fellowship, 06/2019 - Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship, 06/2018 - Interventional/Structural Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship, 06/2017 - Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Residency, 06/2014 - Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
MD, 06/2011 - Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Publications

  1. Bloom MW, Vo JB, Rogers JE, Ferrari A, Nohria A, Deswal A, Cheng RK, Kittleson MM, Upshaw JN, Palaskas N, Blaes A, Brown SA, Ky B, Lenihan D, Maurer MS, Fadol A, Skurka K, Cambareri C, Chauhan C, Barac A. Cardio-Oncology and Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America. Journal of cardiac failure 2024. PMID: 39419165


  2. Bloom MW, Vo JB, Rogers JE, Ferrari A, Nohria A, Deswal A, Cheng RK, Kittleson MM, Upshaw JN, Palaskas N, Blaes A, Brown SA, Ky B, Lenihan D, Maurer MS, Fadol A, Skurka K, Cambareri C, Chauhan C, Barac A. Cardio-Oncology and Heart Failure: AL Amyloidosis for the Heart Failure Clinician A Supplement to the Scientific Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America. Journal of cardiac failure 2024. PMID: 39414560


  3. Lin S, Dimarakis I, Minami E, Bakthavatsalam R, Bhattacharya R, Stempien-Otero A, Lin Y, Karatasakis A, Khorsandi M, Chou-Wu E, Gimferrer I, Golub MY, Cheng RK, Hirose R, Sturdevant M, Pal JD. Highly Sensitized Patients Listed for Heart After Liver Transplantation With or Without Domino. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024. PMID: 39222736


  4. Leedy DJ, Voit JM, Rillamas-Sun E, Kwan ML, Shen H, Li S, Laurent CA, Rana JS, Lee VS, Roh JM, Huang Y, Greenlee H, Cheng RK. Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk in Women With Breast Cancer: The Pathways Heart Study. JACC. Advances 2024. PMID: 39238853


  5. Peled Y, Ducharme A, Kittleson M, Bansal N, Stehlik J, Amdani S, Saeed D, Cheng R, Clarke B, Dobbels F, Farr M, Lindenfeld J, Nikolaidis L, Patel J, Writing Group. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION AND CARE OF CARDIAC TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES-2024. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024. PMID: 39115488


  6. Kim IC, Starling RC, Khush K, Passano E, Mirocha J, Bernhardt P, Azarbal B, Cheng R, Esmailian F, Mancini D, Patel JK, Sato T, Varnous S, Kobashigawa JA. Ten-Year Follow-up Cohort of the Everolimus versus Azathioprine Multi-National Prospective Study Focusing on Intravascular Ultrasound Findings. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024. PMID: 39089607


  7. Krishan S, Asad ZUA, Quiroga D, Ghazi SM, Quartermaine C, Braunstein Z, Kola-Kehinde O, Shaaban A, Habib A, Khan S, Cheng R, Brammer JE, Addison D. Comparison of atrial fibrillation prevalence and in-hospital cardiovascular outcomes between patients undergoing allogeneic versus autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: insights from the national inpatient sample. Scientific Reports 2024. PMID: 39039091


  8. Yogeswaran V, Kim Y, Franco RL, Lucas AR, Sutton AL, LaRose JG, Kenyon J, D'Agostino RB, Sheppard VB, Reding K, Hundley WG, Cheng RK. Association of poverty-income ratio with cardiovascular disease and mortality in cancer survivors in the United States. PloS one 2024. PMID: 38968306


  9. Selvaraj S, Claggett B, Shah SH, Mentz RJ, Khouri MG, Manichaikul AW, Khan SS, Rich SS, Mosley TH, Levitan EB, Arora P, Goyal P, Haring B, Eaton CB, Cheng RK, Wells GL, Manson JE, Fontana M, Solomon SD. Cardiovascular Burden of the V142I Transthyretin Variant. JAMA 2024. PMID: 38734952


  10. Cheng R, Kittleson MM, Wechalekar AD, Alvarez-Cardona J, Mitchell JD, Scarlatelli Macedo AV, Dutra JPP, Campbell CM, Liu JE, Landau HJ, Davis MK, Morrissey S, Casselli S, Lousada I, Seabra-Garcez JD, Szor RS, Ganatra S, Trachtenberg B, Maurer MS, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Lenihan D. Moving towards establishing centres of excellence in cardiac amyloidosis: an International Cardio-Oncology Society statement. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2024. PMID: 38267197


  11. Cheng RK, Kittleson MM, Beavers CJ, Birnie DH, Blankstein R, Bravo PE, Gilotra NA, Judson MA, Patton KK, Rose-Bovino L, American Heart Association Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Ca. Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2024. PMID: 38634276


  12. Urey MA, Hibbert B, Jorde U, Eckman P, Simard T, Labinaz M, Nazer B, Wiley M, Gupta B, Sauer A, Shah H, Sorajja P, Pineda AM, Missov E, Mahmud E, Kahwash R, Lilly S, Latib A, Murthy S, Fam N, Garcia S, Chung ES, Klein L, Cheng R, Houston BA, Amoroso NS, Chang L, Gafoor S, Chaudhry SP, Hermiller J, Schwartz JG, Aldaia L, Koulogiannis K, Gray WA, Zahr F. Left atrial to coronary sinus shunting for treatment of heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: The ALT FLOW Early Feasibility Study 1-year results. European journal of heart failure 2024. PMID: 38606485


  13. Bevan GH, Nazer B, Cheng RK. Desmoplakin-Specific ARVC Risk Scores: Deep Phenotyping to Drive Precision Medicine. JACC. Advances 2024. PMID: 38938830


  14. Cheng RK, Lee CJ. Ablating Late Cardiovascular Events in Modern Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Not There Yet. JACC. CardioOncology 2023. PMID: 38205006


  15. Yogeswaran V, Hidano D, Diaz AE, Van Spall HGC, Mamas MA, Roth GA, Cheng RK. Regional variations in heart failure: a global perspective. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2023. PMID: 37353316


  16. Ya'Qoub L, Cheng R, Simson M, Agrawal H. Coronary steal syndrome caused by a large saphenous venous graft aneurysm with a fistula communicating to the right atrium managed by transcatheter closure. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2023. PMID: 38108875


  17. Leiva O, Cheng RK, Pauwaa S, Katz JN, Alvarez-Cardona J, Bernard S, Alviar C, Yang EH. Outcomes of Patients With Cancer With Myocardial Infarction-Associated Cardiogenic Shock Managed With Mechanical Circulatory Support. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2023. PMID: 39131775


  18. El-Sherbini AH, Shah A, Cheng R, Elsebaie A, Harby AA, Redfearn D, El-Diasty M. Machine Learning for Predicting Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Scoping Review of Current Literature. The American journal of cardiology 2023. PMID: 37871512


  19. Drazner MH, Ambardekar AV, Berlacher K, Blumer V, Chatur S, Cheng R, Cheng RK, Grandin EW, Gorodeski EZ, Kataria R, Katz JN, Kittleson MM, Krishnamoorthy A, Lala A, Lenneman AJ, Lohr NL, Margulies KB, Mentz RJ, Reza N, Wilcox J, Youmans QR, Zieroth S, Teerlink JR. The HFSA Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Consensus Conference. Journal of cardiac failure 2023. PMID: 37806488


  20. Cowger JA, Basir MB, Baran DA, Hayward CS, Rangaswami J, Walton A, Tita C, Minear S, Hakemi E, Klein L, Cheng R, Wu R, Mohanty BD, Heuring JJ, Neely E, Shah P, Aortix CRS Pilot Study Investigators. Safety and Performance of the Aortix Device in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Cardiorenal Syndrome. JACC. Heart failure 2023. PMID: 37804307


  21. Cheng R, Azarbal B, Smith J. Donor-Transmitted Coronary Artery Disease: Another Avenue to Expand Heart Transplantation? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2023. PMID: 37612007


  22. Cheng RK, Cuddy SAM. Neurohormonal blockade in transthyretin amyloidosis, perhaps one size does not fit all? European heart journal 2023. PMID: 37224517


  23. Yogeswaran V, Wadden E, Szewczyk W, Barac A, Simon MS, Eaton C, Cheng RK, Reding KW. A narrative review of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in breast cancer survivors. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2023. PMID: 37258098


  24. Leedy DJ, Cuddy SAM, Cheng RK. Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: Underrecognized in the Underrepresented. Journal of the American Heart Association 2023. PMID: 37486081


  25. Cheng R, Conrad M. Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Note of Caution. Journal of the American Heart Association 2023. PMID: 36734352


  26. Nazer B, Cheng RK. An Opportunity to Refine Our Understanding of Right Ventricular Involvement in Cardiac Sarcoidosis. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2023. PMID: 36881414


  27. Yogeswaran V, Singulane CC, Slivnick JA, Kirkpatrick JN, Addetia K, Lang RM, Vasbinder A, Liu JE, Maurer MS, Cheng RK. Multichamber Strain Predicts Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Amyloidosis. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2022. PMID: 36280125


  28. Brusca SB, Caughron H, Njoroge JN, Cheng R, O'Brien CG, Barnett CF. The shock team: a multidisciplinary approach to early patient phenotyping and appropriate care escalation in cardiogenic shock. 2022. PMID: 35612936


  29. Kwan ML, Cheng RK, Iribarren C, Shen H, Laurent CA, Roh JM, Hershman DL, Kushi LH, Greenlee H, Rana JS. Risk of heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction in women with breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment 2022. PMID: 35429322


  30. Perry AS, Mudigonda P, Huang GS, Qureshi B, Cheng RK, Levy WC, Li S. Long-Term Outcomes and Risk Stratification of Patients With Heart Failure With Recovered Ejection Fraction. 2022. PMID: 35382925


  31. Wang DD, Cheng RK, Tian R. Combat Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity With the Power of Mitochondria Transfer. JACC. CardioOncology 2021. PMID: 34604805


  32. Cheng RK, Maurer MS. Recognition and Implications of Undiagnosed Cardiac Amyloid Patients in HFpEF Trials. JACC. Heart failure 2021. PMID: 34509407


  33. Cheng R. How to Manage Mitral Stenosis Due to Mitral Annular Calcification. Current cardiology reports 2021. PMID: 34427785


  34. Mudigonda P, Berardi C, Chetram V, Barac A, Cheng R. Implications of cancer prior to and after heart transplantation. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2021. PMID: 34210749


  35. Leedy D, Tiwana JK, Mamas M, Hira R, Cheng R. Coronary revascularisation outcomes in patients with cancer. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2021. PMID: 34415850


  36. Schlam I, Lee AY, Li S, Sheikh FH, Zaghlol R, Basyal B, Gallagher C, Molina E, Mahr C, Cheng RK, Barac A. Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Patients�With Active Malignancies. JACC. CardioOncology 2021. PMID: 34396339


  37. Schueler S, Silvestry SC, Cotts WG, Slaughter MS, Levy WC, Cheng RK, Beckman JA, Villinger J, Ismyrloglou E, Tsintzos SI, Mahr C. Cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy in the United Kingdom. 2021. PMID: 34047072


  38. Chatterjee NA, Jensen PN, Harris AW, Nguyen DD, Huang HD, Cheng RK, Savla JJ, Larsen TR, Gomez JMD, Du-Fay-de-Lavallaz JM, Lemaitre RN, McKnight B, Gharib SA, Sotoodehnia N. Admission respiratory status predicts mortality in COVID-19. Influenza and other respiratory viruses 2021. PMID: 34028169


  39. Lam DH, Tiwana J, Li S, Kirkpatrick JN, Cheng RK. Appropriate use of multimodality stress testing for chest pain in new patient referrals to cardiologists. 2021. PMID: 32804780


  40. Cheng RK, Mooney DM, Chien CV, Shah KS, Vest A, Jefferies JL. SGLT2 Inhibitors: Who Should Prescribe Them for Patients With Heart Failure? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2021. PMID: 33706883


  41. Zigray H, Elman S, Cheng RK, Li S, Lee J, Soine L, Caldwell J, Alessio AM. Patient factors and outcomes associated with discordance between quantitative and qualitative cardiac PET ischemia information. PloS one 2021. PMID: 33657111


  42. Symonds L, Natarajan P, Cheng RK, Lam DL, Kilgore M, Kim J, Calhoun K, Minami E, Gralow JR. When cardiomyopathy, cancer, and COVID-19 collide: A case report. The breast journal 2021. PMID: 33527538


  43. Alvarez-Cardona JA, Ray J, Carver J, Zaha V, Cheng R, Yang E, Mitchell JD, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Kondapalli L, Dent S, Arnold A, Brown SA, Leja M, Barac A, Lenihan DJ, Herrmann J, Cardio-Oncology Leadership Council. Cardio-Oncology Education and Training: JACC Council Perspectives. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020. PMID: 33153587


  44. Li S, Beckman JA, Welch NG, Cheng RK, Rockom SW, Levy WC, O'Brien KD, Dardas TF, Lin S, Leary PJ, Kirkpatrick J, McCabe JM, Bjelkengren J, Chassagne F, Aliseda A, Zimpfer D, Mahr C. Accuracy of Doppler blood pressure measurement in HeartMate 3 ventricular assist device patients. ESC heart failure 2020. PMID: 33001579


  45. Cheng RK, Levy WC, Vasbinder A, Teruya S, De Los Santos J, Leedy D, Maurer MS. Diuretic Dose and NYHA Functional Class Are Independent Predictors of Mortality in Patients With Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis. JACC. CardioOncology 2020. PMID: 33073249


  46. Morikawa T, Miyasaka M, Flint N, Manabe O, Dawkins S, Cheng R, Hussaini A, Makar M, Kar S, Nakamura M. Right-to-Left Shunt Through Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defect After MitraClip Procedure. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2020. PMID: 32646695


  47. Vincent LL, Wan SH, Steinberg ZL, Kapnadak S, Nishimura RA, Cheng RK. Constrictive Pericarditis After Lung�Transplantation. JACC. Case reports 2020. PMID: 34317386


  48. Nguyen D, Ellison D, Ngo C, Steinberg Z, Don C, Cheng RK. Intraventricular Free-Floating Thrombus in an Impella-Supported Patient: Damage Control in a No-Win Scenario. JACC. Case reports 2020. PMID: 34317374


  49. Chatterjee NA, Cheng RK. Cardiovascular disease and COVID-19: implications for prevention, surveillance and treatment. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2020. PMID: 32451360


  50. Kalayci A, Peacock WF, Nagurney JT, Hollander JE, Levy PD, Singer AJ, Shapiro NI, Cheng RK, Cannon CM, Blomkalns AL, Walters EL, Christenson RH, Chen-Tournoux A, Nowak RM, Lurie MD, Pang PS, Kastner P, Masson S, Gibson CM, Gaggin HK, Januzzi JL. Echocardiographic assessment of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-7 and early identification of acute heart failure. ESC heart failure 2020. PMID: 32406612


  51. Daud A, Mehra MR, Siu A, Johnson MR, Perch M, Budev M, Zakharia Y, Cheng R, Nativi-Nicolau J, Stehlik J. Immune checkpoint inhibitors in heart or lung transplantation: Early results from a registry initiative. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2020. PMID: 32265077


  52. Cheng R, Esmailian F, Moriguchi J. On the Edge of a Precipice: A Bridge to Options for Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 2020. PMID: 31977353


  53. Cheng RK, Kirkpatrick JN, Sorror ML, Barac A. Cardio-Oncology and the Intersection of Cancer and Cardiotoxicity: The Role of Palliative Care. JACC. CardioOncology 2019. PMID: 34396199


  54. Cheng R, Dawkins S, Hamilton MA, Makar M, Hussaini A, Azarbal B, Patel JK, Kobashigawa JA, Trento A, Makkar RR, Kar S. Percutaneous Mitral Repair for Patients in Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Inotropes and Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2019. PMID: 31806229


  55. Cheng R, Tank R, Ramzy D, Azarbal B, Chung J, Esmailian F, Kobashigawa JA, Moriguchi JD, Arabia FA. Clinical Outcomes of Impella Microaxial Devices Used to Salvage Cardiogenic Shock as a Bridge to Durable Circulatory Support or Cardiac Transplantation. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 2018. PMID: 30281541


  56. Sato T, Azarbal B, Cheng R, Esmailian F, Patel J, Kittleson M, Czer L, Thottam M, Levine R, Dimbil S, Olymbios M, Anzai T, Hamilton MA, Khayal T, Kobashigawa JA. Does ex vivo perfusion lead to more or less intimal thickening in the first-year post-heart transplantation? Volume 33 of Issue 8. Clinical transplantation 2019. PMID: 31230384


  57. Sato T, Cheng R, Azarbal B, Kittleson M, Patel J, Czer L, Levine R, Dimbil S, Olymbios M, Anzai T, Kransdorf E, Chang DH, Hamilton MA, Esmailian F, Kobashigawa J. Combined heart and kidney transplantation-Is there a protective effect against cardiac allograft vasculopathy using intravascular ultrasound? The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2019. PMID: 31301966


  58. Branch KR, Probstfield JL, Eikelboom JW, Bosch J, Maggioni AP, Cheng RK, Bhatt DL, Avezum A, Fox KAA, Connolly SJ, Shestakovska O, Yusuf S. Rivaroxaban With or Without Aspirin in Patients With Heart Failure and Chronic Coronary or Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation 2019. PMID: 31163978


  59. Cheng R, Kobashigawa J. Update in the use of percutaneous coronary intervention for cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation OBM Transplantation 2019. PMID:


  60. Cheng RK, Yang EH. Editorial commentary: Searching for the sweet spot of cardioprotection in cancer treatment related cardiotoxicity: Who will benefit? Trends in cardiovascular medicine 2019. PMID: 30797696


  61. Cheng R, Kar S, Siegel RJ, Nakamura M. Cleft mitral leaflets and severe mitral regurgitation: Testing the limits of percutaneous mitral valve repair. Volume 93 of Issue 6. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2018. PMID: 30430718


  62. Wunderlich NC, Beigel R, Ho SY, Nietlispach F, Cheng R, Agricola E, Siegel RJ. Imaging for Mitral Interventions: Methods and Efficacy. Volume 11 of Issue 6. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2018. PMID: 29880112


  63. Cheng RK, Levy WC. Echocardiographic Insights into the Hemodynamics of Systolic Heart Failure: Can This Guide Titration of Medical Therapy? Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2018. PMID: 29730184


  64. Cheng R, Kransdorf EP, Wei J, Patel JK, Kobashigawa JA, Azarbal B. Angiogenesis on coronary angiography is a marker for accelerated cardiac allograft vasculopathy as assessed by intravascular ultrasound. Volume 31 of Issue 11. Clinical transplantation 2017. PMID: 28786501


  65. Cheng R, Dawkins S, Tat E, Makar M, Hussaini A, Makkar RR, Trento A, Siegel RJ, Kar S. Relation of Residual Mitral Regurgitation Despite Elevated Mitral Gradients to Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization After MitraClip Repair. Volume 120 of Issue 9. The American journal of cardiology 2017. PMID: 29025679


  66. Cheng R, Henry TD. Nonpharmacological approaches to refractory angina Heart Metab 2017. PMID:


  67. Cheng R, Vanichsarn C, Patel JK, Currier J, Chang DH, Kittleson MM, Makkar R, Kobashigawa JA, Azarbal B. Long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes of percutanenous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting stents for the treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Volume 90 of Issue 1. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2016. PMID: 27862865


  68. Cheng R, Tat E, Siegel RJ, Arsanjani R, Hussaini A, Makar M, Mizutani Y, Trento A, Kar S. Mitral annular calcification is not associated with decreased procedural success, durability of repair, or left ventricular remodelling in percutaneous edge-to-edge repair of mitral regurgitation. Volume 12 of Issue 9. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2016. PMID: 27753604


  69. Cheng R, Ramzy D, Azarbal B, Arabia FA, Esmailian F, Czer LS, Kobashigawa JA, Moriguchi JD. Device Strategies for Patients in INTERMACS Profiles 1 and 2 Cardiogenic Shock: Double Bridge With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Initial Implant of More Durable Devices. Volume 41 of Issue 3. Artificial organs 2016. PMID: 27658844


  70. Cheng R, Kobashigawa JA. ACC.org: Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. American College of Cardiology Transplant CAD: the role of PCI in the transplanted heart. Expert Analysis 2016. PMID:


  71. Cheng R, Azarbal B, Yung A, Patel JK, Chang DH, Liou F, Makkar R, Kobashigawa JA. Elevated immune monitoring as measured by increased adenosine triphosphate production in activated lymphocytes is associated with accelerated development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy after cardiac transplantation. Volume 35 of Issue 8. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2016. PMID: 27138702


  72. Tat E, Cheng R, Helfenstein JS. Forty Years of Chest Pain: A Case Report and Contemporary Review of the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options for Myocardial Bridging. Volume 17 of Issue 1-2. Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2016. PMID: 27667384


  73. Azarbal B, Cheng R, Vanichsarn C, Patel JK, Czer LS, Chang DH, Kittleson MM, Kobashigawa JA. Induction Therapy With Antithymocyte Globulin in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation Is Associated With Decreased Coronary Plaque Progression as Assessed by Intravascular Ultrasound. Volume 9 of Issue 1. Circulation. Heart failure 2016. PMID: 26747860


  74. Cheng R, Arsanjani R, Tat E, Cox J, Uberoi A, Aron R, Kar S. Not Your Typical Hole-in-the-Wall: Percutaneous Closure of an Acquired Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventriculoatrial Gerbode Defect. Volume 8 of Issue 14. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2015. PMID: 26604054


  75. Cheng R, Hachamovitch R, Makkar R, Ramzy D, Moriguchi JD, Arabia FA, Esmailian F, Azarbal B. Lack of Survival Benefit Found With Use of Intraaortic Balloon Pump in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Pooled Experience of 1517 Patients. Volume 27 of Issue 10. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2015. PMID: 26208379


  76. Kobashigawa J, Patel J, Azarbal B, Kittleson M, Chang D, Czer L, Daun T, Luu M, Trento A, Cheng R, Esmailian F. Randomized pilot trial of gene expression profiling versus heart biopsy in the first year after heart transplant: early invasive monitoring attenuation through gene expression trial. Volume 8 of Issue 3. Circulation. Heart failure 2015. PMID: 25697852


  77. Cheng R, Chan AP, Ehdaie A, Bersohn MM. Heeding the sign: macroscopic T-wave alternans. Volume 128 of Issue 5. The American journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 25637757


  78. Cheng R, Azarbal B, Yung A, Chang DH, Patel JK, Kobashigawa JA. Elevated immune monitoring early after cardiac transplantation is associated with increased plaque progression by intravascular ultrasound. Volume 29 of Issue 2. Clinical transplantation 2015. PMID: 25429902


  79. Cheng R, Azarbal A, Currier J, Thomson LE, Hamilton MA, Esmailian F, Azarbal B. Tricuspid Regurgitation, the Forgotten Valvular Lesion-A Contemporary Review of Etiology, Prevalence, and Management Options. Volume 16 of Issue 3. Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2015. PMID: 26451764


  80. Cheng RK, Aboulhosn J, Nsair A. Percutaneous angioplasty of stenotic outflow graft anastomosis of HeartMate II. Volume 7 of Issue 6. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2014. PMID: 24835325


  81. Cheng R, Hachamovitch R, Kittleson M, Patel J, Arabia F, Moriguchi J, Esmailian F, Azarbal B. Clinical outcomes in fulminant myocarditis requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a weighted meta-analysis of 170 patients. Volume 20 of Issue 6. Journal of cardiac failure 2014. PMID: 24642377


  82. Hillstrom HJ, Garg R, Kraszewski A, Lenhoff M, Carter T, Backus SI, Wolff A, Syrkin G, Cheng R, Wolfe SW. Development of an anatomical wrist joint coordinate system to quantify motion during functional tasks. Volume 30 of Issue 4. Journal of applied biomechanics 2014. PMID: 24615208


  83. Cheng R, Chakravarty T. Piezoelectric electrocardiographic artifact in a patient after surgery with bradycardia and hypotension. Volume 19 of Issue 6. Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc 2014. PMID: 24602168


  84. Young A, Cheng R, Wei J, Esmailian F, Currier J, Azarbal B. Prevalence of coronary artery fistulae after cardiac surgery. Comparison between coronary artery bypass grafting, valve surgery, and orthotopic heart transplantation. Volume 40 Suppl 1. Herz 2014. PMID: 24577076


  85. Nsair A, Liem DA, Cadeiras M, Cheng RK, Allareddy M, Kwon M, Shemin R, Deng MC. Molecular basis of recovering on mechanical circulatory support. Volume 10 of Issue 1 Suppl. Heart failure clinics 2014. PMID: 24262353


  86. Cheng R, Hachamovitch R, Kittleson M, Patel J, Arabia F, Moriguchi J, Esmailian F, Azarbal B. Complications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest: a meta-analysis of 1,866 adult patients. Volume 97 of Issue 2. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2013. PMID: 24210621


  87. Cheng RK, DePasquale EC, Deng MC, Nsair A, Horwich TB. Obesity in heart failure: impact on survival and treatment modalities. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2013. PMID: 23944985


  88. Wei J, Azarbal B, Singh S, Rafiei M, Cheng R, Patel J, Esmailian F, Currier J, Kobashigawa J. Frequency of coronary artery fistulae is increased after orthotopic heart transplantation. Volume 32 of Issue 7. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2013. PMID: 23664527


  89. Cheng R, Chang M, Yuan Ng C. Risks from Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Review of Methods, Efficacy, and Safety. Volume 4 of Issue 6. Journal of atrial fibrillation 2012. PMID: 28496733


  90. Ellis SJ, Hillstrom H, Cheng R, Lipman J, Garrison G, Deland JT. The development of an intraoperative plantar pressure assessment device. Volume 30 of Issue 4. Foot & ankle international 2009. PMID: 19356358


  91. Ellis SJ, Cheng R, Prokopis P, Chetboun A, Wolfe SW, Athanasian EA, Weiland AJ. Treatment of proximal interphalangeal dorsal fracture-dislocation injuries with dynamic external fixation: a pins and rubber band system. Volume 32 of Issue 8. The Journal of hand surgery 2007. PMID: 17923310


  92. Varma H, Cheng R, Voisine C, Hart AC, Stockwell BR. Inhibitors of metabolism rescue cell death in Huntington's disease models. Volume 104 of Issue 36. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007. PMID: 17726098


  93. Cheng RK, Asai T, Tang H, Dashoush NH, Kara RJ, Costa KD, Naka Y, Wu EX, Wolgemuth DJ, Chaudhry HW. Cyclin A2 induces cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction and prevents heart failure. Volume 100 of Issue 12. Circulation research 2007. PMID: 17495221


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