Prof Chia Boon Lock receives the SMA Honorary ... - nuhcs

abstracts
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2008 AND SCAI-ACCI2,
CHICAGO, 29 MARCH–1APRIL 2008
1. The Impact of Gender on the Outcomes of Invasive versus
Conservative Treatment of Patients with Acute Coronary
Syndrome. Lee LC, Leng P, Tang T, Tan YL, Tee HW, Shi L,
Poh KK, Tan HC
2. Myocardial Doppler Imaging Can Detect Subclinical
Cardiac Dysfunction After Anthracycline-Based
Chemotherapy. Wong RC, Gong L, Chan WX, Daw HY,
Goh BC, Lee SC, Lim SE, Soo R, Ling LH
3. Left Ventricular Performance and its Determinants
Immediately Prior to and Post-Marathon Running:
Insights from Two Dimensional Speckle Tracking
Echocardiography and Serum Biomarkers. Poh KK,
Tournoux FB, Picard MH, Wood MJ
4. One -Year Clinical Follow-Up of Endothelial Progenitor
Cell Capture Stent versus Uncoated Stent in Patients
Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Lee YP, Tay Edgar, Melissa
Co, Yeo WT, Lee CH, Low A, Teo SG, Lim J, Lim IH, Lim
YT, Tan HC.
5. Risk Scoring System for Prediction of Contrast Induced
Nephropathy In Patients With Preexisting Renal
Impairment Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention. Chong E, Shen L, Poh KK, Tan HC
6. Comparison of Eighteen-Month Clinical Outcomes of
Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capture Stent versus
Sirolimus-Eluting Bioabsorbable Polymer-Coated Stent
versus Bare Metal Stents In Patients Undergoing Primary
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial
Infarction. Chong E, Lee CH, Shen L, Low A, Teo SG, Poh
KK, Tan HC
7. Risk and Clinical Predictors for Patients with Unstable
Angina and Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial
Infarction Post Early Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Chong E, Shen L, Poh KK, Tan HC
8. Comparison of Risk Predictors for Contrast Induced
Nephropathy Post Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
in Patients with Normal versus Impaired Baseline Renal
Function. Chong E, Shen L, Poh KK, Tan HC
9. Relation of ventricular-arterial coupling to exercise
capacity in ischemic cardiomyopathy: a cardiac multimodality
imaging study. Wong R, Dumont C, Austin B,
Kwon D, Flamm S, Thomas J, Starling R, Desai M.
10. Ventricular-vascular stiffening is more strongly associated
with Exercise Capacity compared to left ventricular
outflow tract gradient in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Austin B, Kwon D, Dumont C, Wong R, Thamilarasan M,
Flamm S, Lever H, Desai M.
11. Greater degree of LV septal hypertrophy and associated
coronary arteriole dysplasia are significantly associated
with myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Kwon D, Rodriguez E, Wong R, Tan C, Thamilarasan M,
Smedira N, Lytle B, Lever H, Desai M.
19 TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS OF THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY,
TORONTO, CANADA, 7-11 JUNE 2008
1. Predictors of Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure in
Significant Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Mitral Valve
Prolapse. Zhang J, Lee LC, Tan HC, Yip JWL, Poh KK
2. Progression and Predictors of Left Ventricular Dilation
Secondary to Significant Organic Mitral Regurgitation:
Insights from Tissue Doppler Imaging. Zhang J, Lee LC,
Tan HC, Yip JWL, Yeo TC, Poh KK
3. Reperfusion therapies reduce ischaemic mitral
regurgitation following an inferoposterior ST elevation
myocardial infarction. Lee LC, Poh KK, Tee HW, Tan HC,
Chia BL, Zhang J, Ong HY, Yeo TC
4. Late Diastolic Mitral Annular Velocity in Aortic Stenosis:
Relation to Left Atrial Morphophysiology. Chan WX,
Gong L, Poh KK, Daw HY, Ling LH
HEART RHYTHM 2008, SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA, USA, 14-17 MAY 2008
1. Utility of Electrocardiogram and Programmed Ventricular
Stimulation for Risk Stratification in Brugada Syndrome.
Singh D, Chong E, Seow SC, Poh KK, Omar AR
ESC HEART FAILURE CONGRESS 2008, MILAN,
ITALY, 14-17 JUNE 2008
1. An Asian comparison of cardiologist versus noncardiologist
care of heart failure. Ling LF, Shen L, Chai P
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