Events |
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Event |
Venue |
About |
Sept 11, 2010
12:30pm - 4:00pm |
One Heart
Mass CPR Record 2010 |
VivoCity Amphitheatre,
Level 3 |
Do you know that 1 out of 3 deaths in Singapore is due to heart disease or stroke? According to the World Health Organisation, by 2030, almost 23.6 million people worldwide will die from cardiovascular disease every year. Learn CPR skills used in a cardiac arrest emergency and save lives.
National University Heart Centre, Singapore and NUH Business Development cordially invite you to join us in the historic first ever mass CPR record breaking event in Singapore!
Be a part of the inaugural ONE HEART MASS CPR RECORD 2010 event as we clock the most number of people performing CPR at the same time – the first time ever to be recorded by the Singapore Book of Records. Over 1,000 participants are expected to attend.
For more information, please visit www.MassCPR.org
Click here for the official event poster. |
| Nov 19 - 20, 2010 |
5th Asian Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty Update Course |
NUHS Tower Block
1E Kent Ridge Road, Level 1, Auditorium, Singapore 119228 |
The National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) invites you to attend the 5th Asian Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty Update Course on 19 - 20 November 2010.
Organised jointly with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, this course will provide an interactive look at contemporary cardiac, thoracic and transplant surgery. Building on the success of previous years, we will feature cutting-edge, evidence-based and clinically relevant information on present and future directions in these areas. Topics will cover applied & basic sciences, common cardiothoracic surgical conditions & complications, and strategies for the management of complex cases. A new component will be sessions on the surgical management of Congenital Heart Disease in both adults and children.
Read more about the event at its official website. |
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Highlights |
March Highlights
Winning the top 3 prizes for Young Investigators' Award
NUHCS made a clean sweep of the top 3 prizes for the 22nd Singapore Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Meeting Young Investigators' Award.
Congratulations to A/Prof Ronald Lee, Dr Joshua Loh and Dr Mark Chan!
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First Prize - A/Prof Ronald Lee Chi Hang
A New Set Of Intravascular Ultrasound-Derived Anatomical Criteria For Defining Functionally Significant Stenoses In Small Coronary Arteries: Results Form Intravascular Ultrasound Diagnostic Evaluation Of Atherosclerosis In Singapore (IDEAS) Study.
Lee Chi Hang, Tai Bee Choo, Soon Chao Yang, Adrian F Low, Poh Kian Keong, Yeo Tiong Cheng, Lim Gek Hsiang, James Yip, Abdul Razakjr Omar, Teo Swee Guan, Tan Huay Cheem |
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Second Prize - Dr Joshua Lee
The Relation Of The Index Of Microcirculatory Resistance To Indices Of Microvascular Perfusion And Cardiac Injury Following Primary Angioplasty For ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
Joshua P.Y.Loh, Domingo Addatu Jr, Lee Chi Hang Lee, Teo Swee Guan, Chai Ping, Poh Kian Keong, Tan Huay Cheem, Adrian F. Low |
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Third Prize - Dr Mark Chan
Differential Performance Of The Global Registry Of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Risk Score Among Asian Races: A GRACE Model Discrimination And Calibration Study Of 13,041 Asian Subjects.
Mark Chan Yan Yee |
1st Robotic Cardiac Surgery at NUHCS
He is only 42, and otherwise a strong young man. However, one of his heart valves – the mitral valve – has not been working properly for a few years now. In spite of appropriate medications, the valve was so dysfunctional that the patient ran into heart failure and was already hospitalized. Ultrasound scans showed that one of the leaflets of his mitral valve had torn, thereby allowing blood to flow in the wrong direction, and exhausting his heart.
It became clear that the only definitive therapy for his problem would be open heart surgery. Usually that would mean cracking his chest bone open and weeks of limited mobility. However, in our institution, not only he did not have to undergo such an invasive procedure, but that the specialist surgeon’s team could execute the operation intuitively, using a … Robot.
The first heart procedure using the DaVinci robot at NUHCS was performed by our team last week, with much success. The robotic device consists of robotic mechanical arms, which are actually entering the body and execute the procedure under the surgeon’s remote command. It enables the surgeons to operate under higher magnification and therefore more precisely.
Find out more in our upcoming issue of PULSE coming in June 2010. |
