2016 PUBLICATIONS

A Comparison of Dabigatran With Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation in an Asian Population.

Lok Bin Yap, Daniel Theng Sheng Eng, LinggheshSivalingam, Beni Isman Rusani, DhananUmadevan, Zulkeflee Muhammad, Kok Wei Koh, Barveen Aisha, Mohd Irwan Hashim, Rosila Rebo, Azlan Hussin, Surinder Kaur, RajasingamShanmugam, and Razali Omar.

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis Hemostasis 2016;22(8):792-797

A comparison of long-term outcomes between narrow and broad QRS complex patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Lok Bin Yap, Son Thai Bin Nguyen, Faisal Qadir, Soot Keng Ma, Zulkeflee Muhammad, Kok Wei Koh, Zunida Ali, Giat Seng Tay, Azlina Daud, Amirzua Said, NoorasyikinSahat, Rosila Rebo, Syahidah Tamin, Azlan Hussin, Surinder Kaur, Razali Omar.

ActaCardiol 2016; 71(3): 323-330

A Leadless Intracardiac Transcatheter Pacing System.

Dwight Reynolds, Gabor Z. Duray, Razali Omar, Kyoko Soejima, Petr Neuzil, Shu Zhang, CalamburNarasimhan, Clemens Steinwender, JosepBrugada, Michael Lloyd, Paul R. Roberts, VenkataSagi, John Hummel, Maria GraziaBongiorni, Reinoud E. Knops, Christopher R. Ellis, Charles C. Gornick, Matthew A. Bernabei, Verla Laager, Kurt Stromberg, Eric R. Williams, J. Harrison Hudnall, and Philippe Ritter, for the Micra Transcatheter Pacing Study Group.

N Engl J Med. 2016;374:533-541

Acute coronary syndrome in the elderly: the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Disease Database-Acute Coronary Syndrome registry.

Ahmad Syadi Mahmood Zuhdi, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad, Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki, JeevithaMariapun, Rosli Mohd Ali, Norashikin Md Sari, Muhammad Dzafir Ismail, Sim Kui Hian. Singapore Med J. 2016; 57(4): 191-197

Analysis of selected glutathione S-transferase gene polymorphisms in Malaysian type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without cardiovascular disease.

1. Etemad, R. Vasudevan, A.F.A. Aziz, A.K.M Yusof, S. Khazaei, N. Fawzi, S. Jamalpour, M. Arkani, N.A. Mohammad, and P. Ismail.

Genetics and Molecular Research. 2016;15(2):15025845

Beta-blocker use and risk of symptomatic bradyarrhythmias: a hospital-based case-control study.

Hou Tee Lu, Jiyen Kam, Rusli Bin Nordin, Surinder Kaur Khelae, Jing Mein Wang, Chun Ngok Choy, Chuey Yan Lee.

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 2016;13(9): 749-759

Cerebrovascular Accidents after Percutaneous Coronary Interventions From 2002 to 2014: Incidence, Outcomes, and Associated Variables.

Romain Didier, Michael A. Gaglia, Jr, Edward Koifman,SarkisKiramijyan, Smita I. Negi, Al Fazir Omar,JiaxingGai,RebeccaTorguson, Augusto D. Pichard, Ron Waksman.

Am Heart J. 2016 Feb;172:80-7

Contemporary long-term outcomes of an aggressive approach to mitral valve repair in children: is it effective and durable for both congenital and acquired mitral valve lesions?

Mohd Azhari Yakub, Paneer Selvam Krishna Moorthy, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Jeswant Dillon and Pau Kiew Kong.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Feb;49(2):553-60

Design of an instructional module on Basic Life Support for homeschooled children.

Sakinah Awang, Shamsuria Ahmad, Norlidah Alias and Dorothy DeWitt.

Cogent Education. 2016;3: 1188439

Generation and characterization of human cardiac resident and non-resident mesenchymal stem cell.

Subramani B, Subbannagounder S, Palanivel S, Ramanathanpullai C, Sivalingam S, Yakub A, SadanandaRao M, Seenichamy A, Pandurangan AK, Tan JJ, Ramasamy R.

Cytotechnology. 2016;68(5):2061-73

Heart failure across Asia: Same healthcare burden but differences in organization of care.

Eugenio B. Reyes, Jong-Won Ha, Isman Firdaus, Azmee Mohd Ghazi, ArintayaPhrommintikul, David Sim, Quynh Nga Vu, Chung Wah Siu, Wei-Hsian Yin and Martin R. Cowie.

Int. Journal of Cardiology. 2016; 223: 163–167

Identifying the need for a multidisciplinary approach for early recognition of mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI).

Choy YS, Bhattacharya K, Balasubramaniam S, Fietz M, Fu A, Inwood A, Jin DK, Kim OH, Kosuga M, Kwun YH, Lin HY, Lin SP, Mendelsohn NJ, Okuyama T, Samion H, Tan A, Tanaka A, Thamkunanon V, Thong MK, Toh TH, Yang AD, McGill J.

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2016;115(1): 41-47

Mild-Aortic Syndrome : A Cause of Recurrent Abdominal Pain.

Putri Yubbu, Haifa Abdul Latiff, Alan Sing.

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 2016;12(2):64-67

Mitral Valve Replacement via Anterolateral Right Thoracotomy without Cross-Clamping in a Patient with Fungal Infective Endocarditis and Functioning Internal Mammary Artery after Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Repair.

Taguchi T, Dillon J, Yakub MA.

Heart Surg Forum. 2016 Feb 24;19(1):E033-5

Multi-Target Approach to Metastatic Adrenal Cell Carcinoma.

Norasyikin A. Wahab, Suehazlyn Zainudin, Aini AbAziz, Norlaila Mustafa, NorlelaSukor, Nor Azmi Kamaruddin.

Arch Iran Med. 2016; 19(9): 671 – 673.

Outcomes of stenting extra-small (≤2.25 mm) vessels using the Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent (R-ZES).

Manish A. Parikh, Jonathan Soverow, Martin B. Leon, Patrick Serruys, Bo Xu, Zuyi Yuan, RobayaahZambahari, Ajay Kirtane.

EuroIntervention 2016;12:1215-1221

Recanalisation of the closed ductus arteriosus in a critically ill infant with transposition of the great arteries.

Soo KW, Leong MC, Khalid F.

Cardiol Young. 2016 Feb;26(2):371-4

Regional and ethnic differences among patients with heart failure in Asia: the Asian sudden cardiac death in heart failure registry.

Carolyn S.P. Lam, Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Wan Ting Tay, InderAnand, Shu Zhang, Wataru Shimizu, CalamburNarasimhan, SangWeon Park, Cheuk-Man Yu, TachapongNgarmukos, Razali Omar, Eugene B. Reyes, Bambang B. Siswanto, Chung-Lieh Hung, Lieng H. Ling, Jonathan Yap, Michael MacDonald, and A. Mark Richards.

Eur Heart J. 2016 Aug 7 epub

Review: Stent fracture in the drug-eluting stent era.

Alfazir Omar, Lakshmana K. Pendyala, John A. Ormiston, Ron Waksman.

CardiovascRevasc Med. 2016 Sep;17(6):404-11

Right aortic arch with isolation of the left subclavian artery: a rare association with airway obstruction.

Putri Yubbu, Haifa A. Latiff, Abdel Moneim Adam Abbaker.

Cardiol Young. 2016 Nov 7:1-4 epub

Stenting of vertical vein in an infant with obstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.

Lim WK , Leong MC , Samion H.

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology. 2016;9(2):183-185

The MitraClip Asia-Pacific Registry: Differences in Outcomes Between Functional and Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation.
Edgar Tay, Nasir Muda, Jonathan Yap, David W.M. Muller, TeguhSantoso, Darren L. Walters, Xianbao Liu, Eric Yamen, Paul Jansz, James Yip, Robaayah Zambahari, Jurgen Passage, Zee Pin Ding, Jian’an Wang, Gregory Scalia, Amiliana M. Soesanto, and KhungKeong Yeo.

Treating an infected transcatheter pacemaker system via percutaneous extraction.

Alan Koay, Surinder Khelae, Koh Kok Wei, Zulkeflee Muhammad, Rosli Mohd Ali, Razali Omar.

Heart Rhythm Case Reports. 2016;2:360–362

Treatment of chronic total occlusions in native coronary arteries by drug-coated balloons without stenting – A feasibility and safety study.

Philine J. Köln, Bruno Scheller, Houng Bang Liewc, Tuomas T. Rissanen, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad, Ralf Weser, TelseHauschild, Amin Ariff Nuruddin, Yvonne P. Clever, Hee Hwa Ho, Franz X. Kleber.

Int. J. Cardiol. 2016;225:262-267

Wireless Power Transfer System for Biomedical Devices by using Magnetic Resonance Coupling Technique.

Leong KahMeng, Lum Kin Yun, Tan Tian Swee, Ahmad Zahran Md. Khudzari and Suhaini Bin Kadiman.

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. 2016;12(8):823-827