Richard Cheng, MD

Assistant 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. Karatasakis A, Kiamanesh O, Cheng RK, Kirkpatrick JN, Dudzinski DM. Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Post-Heart Transplant Patient. Current cardiology reports 2025. PMID: 40014294


  2. Cheng RK, Roberts MB, Bansal N, Reding K, Salahuddin T, Mamas M, LaMonte M, Shadyab AH, Franceschini N, Klein L, Manson JE, Eaton CB. Association of Kidney Function With Incident Heart Failure: An Analysis of the Women's Health Initiative. Journal of the American Heart Association 2025. PMID: 39996449


  3. Liu O, Soo S, Bloom M, Alvarez-Cardona J, Katz JN, Cheng RK, Yang EH, Leiva O. Outcomes of Patients with Cancer Admitted with Heart Failure-Associated Cardiogenic Shock. European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care 2025. PMID: 39992871


  4. Wu Y, Gao L, Lazo J, Martinez B, Grewal S, Yurkova I, Galeota J, Nash C, Cutler M, Tarango N, Prasad P, Cheng R, Motiwala S, De Marco T. Care of Adult Heart Transplant Recipients by the Primary Care Provider: A Practical Roadmap. Journal of clinical medicine 2025. PMID: 40004875


  5. Wadden E, Lai C, Grivas P, Bhatia S, Portuguese AJ, Salem JE, Moslehi JJ, Cheng RK. Successful treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated fulminant myocarditis with abatacept and ruxolitinib: a case report. European heart journal. Case reports 2025. PMID: 39963309


  6. Cheng RK, Leedy D, Ruberg FL. Can Outpatient Worsening Heart Failure Serve as an Endpoint in Clinical Trials of Transthyretin Amyloidosis? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2025. PMID: 39846939


  7. 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


  8. 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


  9. 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


  10. 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


  11. 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


  12. 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


  13. 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


  14. 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


  15. 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


  16. 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


  17. 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


  18. 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


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


  21. 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


  23. 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


  24. 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


  25. 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


  26. 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


  27. 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


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


  29. 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


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


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


  33. 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


  34. 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. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35612936


  35. 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


  36. 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. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35382925


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


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


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


  40. 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


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


  42. 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


  43. 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. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34047072


  44. 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


  45. 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. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 32804780


  46. 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


  47. 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


  48. 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


  49. 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


  50. 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


  51. 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


  52. 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


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


  54. 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


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


  56. 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


  57. 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


  58. 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


  59. 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


  60. 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


  61. 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. 2018. PMID: 30281541


  62. 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. 2019. PMID: 31230384


  63. 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? 2019. PMID: 31301966


  64. 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


  67. 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. 2018. PMID: 30430718


  68. 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. 2018. PMID: 29880112


  69. 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


  70. 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. 2017. PMID: 28786501


  71. 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


  73. 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. 2016. PMID: 27862865


  74. 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. 2016. PMID: 27753604


  75. 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. 2016. PMID: 27658844


  79. 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. 2016. PMID: 26747860


  80. 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. 2015. PMID: 26604054


  81. 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. 2015. PMID: 26208379


  82. 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. 2015. PMID: 25697852


  83. 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


  84. 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. 2015. PMID: 25429902


  85. 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. 2015. PMID: 26451764


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


  87. 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


  88. 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. 2014. PMID: 24615208


  91. 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. 2014. PMID: 24262353


  92. 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. 2013. PMID: 24210621


  93. 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


  94. 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. 2013. PMID: 23664527


  95. 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. 2012. PMID: 28496733


  96. 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. 2009. PMID: 19356358


  97. 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. 2007. PMID: 17923310


  98. 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


  99. 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. 2007. PMID: 17495221


  100. Woo YJ, Panlilio CM, Cheng RK, Liao GP, Suarez EE, Atluri P, Chaudhry HW. Myocardial regeneration therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy with cyclin A2. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2007. PMID: 17382628


  101. Woo YJ, Panlilio CM, Cheng RK, Liao GP, Atluri P, Hsu VM, Cohen JE, Chaudhry HW. Therapeutic delivery of cyclin A2 induces myocardial regeneration and enhances cardiac function in ischemic heart failure. Circulation 2006. PMID: 16820573