Search Results - "Lim, Soo Teik"
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Safety and performance of the second-generation drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold in patients with de-novo coronary artery lesions (BIOSOLVE-II): 6 month results of a prospective, multicentre, non-randomised, first-in-man trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (02-01-2016)“…Summary Background Absorbable scaffolds were designed to overcome the limitations of conventional, non-absorbable metal-based drug-eluting stents. So far, only…”
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Advances in CrossBoss/Stingray use in antegrade dissection reentry from the Asia Pacific Chronic Total Occlusion Club
Published in Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions (01-12-2020)“…Antegrade dissection reentry with Stingray device (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA) accounts for 20–34% of the chronic total occlusion (CTO) cases in the…”
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Pulmonary Function in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated With Ticagrelor or Clopidogrel (from the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes [PLATO] Pulmonary Function Substudy)
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-12-2011)“…The Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial showed that ticagrelor reduced the risk for cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary…”
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Imaging modalities to diagnose carotid artery stenosis: progress and prospect
Published in Biomedical engineering online (28-05-2019)“…In the past few decades, imaging has been developed to a high level of sophistication. Improvements from one-dimension (1D) to 2D images, and from 2D images to…”
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A New Algorithm for Crossing Chronic Total Occlusions From the Asia Pacific Chronic Total Occlusion Club
Published in JACC. Cardiovascular interventions (13-11-2017)“…Although the hybrid chronic total occlusion (CTO) algorithm had many excellent recommendations, there has been infrequent adoption in the Asia Pacific region…”
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Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in Asian patients with acute coronary syndrome: A retrospective analysis from the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) Trial
Published in The American heart journal (01-06-2015)“…Background In the PLATO trial, ticagrelor was superior to clopidogrel in reducing cardiovascular events among patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) at…”
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Intravenous epoprostenol therapy in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Singapore
Published in Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (09-10-2024)“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease characterised by significant morbidity and mortality. Intravenous (IV) epoprostenol (Veletri,…”
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Mechanical behavior of polymer-based vs . metallic-based bioresorbable stents
Published in Journal of thoracic disease (01-08-2017)“…Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) were developed to overcome the drawbacks of current metallic drug-eluting stents (DES), such as late in-stent restenosis and…”
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Effect of Cangrelor on Infarct Size in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial (The PITRI Trial)
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (09-07-2024)“…The administration of intravenous cangrelor at reperfusion achieves faster onset of platelet P2Y12 inhibition than oral ticagrelor and has been shown to reduce…”
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Simplified Models of Non-Invasive Fractional Flow Reserve Based on CT Images
Published in PloS one (17-05-2016)“…Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) is the gold standard to assess the functional coronary stenosis. The non-invasive assessment of diameter stenosis (DS)…”
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TCT-573 Characterization of edge effects with second-generation drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold assessed by optical coherence tomography, intravascular ultrasound grayscale, and virtual histology at 6- and 12-month. A Biosolve II substudy
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (31-10-2017)“…Methods Twenty lesions treated with bioresorbable scaffolds were assessed using optical coherence tomography (OCT), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) gray scale…”
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Relative efficacy and safety of ticagelor vs clopidogrel as a function of time to invasive management in non–ST‐segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in the PLATO trial
Published in Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) (01-06-2017)“…Background Guidelines suggest that “upstream” P2Y12 receptor antagonists should be considered in patients with non–ST‐segment elevation acute coronary…”
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Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography and Computational Fluid Dynamics Based Fractional Flow Reserve Before and After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (07-09-2021)“…Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) is recommended to guide stent deployment. We previously introduced a non-invasive FFR calculation (FFR B ) based on…”
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Combined fibrinolysis using reduced-dose alteplase plus abciximab with immediate rescue angioplasty versus primary angioplasty with adjunct use of abciximab for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: Asia-Pacific Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (APAMIT) pilot study
Published in Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions (01-08-2004)“…We conducted a randomized feasibility pilot study comparing combined fibrinolysis with immediate rescue angioplasty vs. primary angioplasty with adjunctive…”
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Diagnostic Performance of Fractional Flow Reserve From CT Coronary Angiography With Analytical Method
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (20-10-2021)“…The aim of this study was to evaluate a new analytical method for calculating non-invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR AM ) to diagnose ischemic coronary…”
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Iliofemoral anatomy among Asians: Implications for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Published in International journal of cardiology (20-08-2013)“…Abstract Background/objectives This study aims to examine iliofemoral anatomy and predictors of vessel size and tortuosity in Asian patients as transfemoral…”
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Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation for degenerated surgical bioprostheses: the first case series in Asia with one-year follow-up
Published in Singapore medical journal (01-07-2016)“…Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become an established therapy for inoperable and high-surgical-risk patients with severe aortic…”
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Direct stenting with the TAXUS Liberté drug-eluting stent: results from the Taxus Atlas Direct Stent Study
Published in JACC. Cardiovascular interventions (01-04-2008)“…This study was conducted to determine whether direct stenting with TAXUS Liberté is noninferior to stenting after pre-dilation. Direct stenting is performed in…”
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Free floating thrombus in the right heart causing pulmonary embolism
Published in Postgraduate medical journal (01-05-2010)“…Free floating right heart thrombi can embolise at any moment and have a dismal prognosis, with a mortality rate of about 20% within 24 h of diagnosis. 2 In…”
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Comparison of novel 6.5 Fr sheathless guiding catheters versus 5 Fr guiding catheters for transradial coronary intervention
Published in EuroIntervention (01-12-2011)“…To assess the safety and efficacy of a novel sheathless (SH) 6.5 Fr (French) hydrophilic-coated guiding catheter (GC) compared to the standard 5 Fr GCs in…”
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