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Learn from Cardiologist and Congenital Heart Disease Specialist, Dr. Prashanth Venkatesh from Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute in a virtual educational event on carcinoid heart disease. Dr. Venkatesh demystifies the topic and shares the latest developments in its diagnosis and treatment, including a novel minimally invasive approach to replace heart valves damaged by carcinoid heart disease. 

Prior to the event, we encourage you to watch our February 2024 webinar with Mayo Cardiologist Dr. S Allen Luis at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcewKhYm8uY.

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ABOUT DR. PRASHANTH VENKATESH

Cardiologist & Congenital Heart Disease Specialist, Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute

Prashanth Venkatesh, MD, FACC is a cardiologist at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He is an assistant professor of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai, and also an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. At Cedars-Sinai, he is part of the multidisciplinary neuroendocrine clinic where he cares for patients with carcinoid heart disease. Additionally, Dr. Venkatesh is a specialist adult congenital cardiologist at the Guerin Congenital Heart Program at Cedars-Sinai, and also a member of the echocardiography faculty. He leverages his clinical expertise in these subspecialties to improve care for his patients with carcinoid heart disease. Dr. Venkatesh also is actively involved in clinical research and has authored several first-author publications and book chapters. His research interests include echocardiography and adult congenital heart disease, in addition to outcomes and quality improvement in the contemporary care of carcinoid heart disease. 

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