{"title":"Dabigatran as the anticoagulant of choice for treating acute myocardial infarction in a patient with ectatic coronary artery and thrombus","authors":"Khine Lam, T. Thor, V. Chuang","doi":"10.31762/ahj1926.0401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31762/ahj1926.0401","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84859335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ong, S. Toh, T. Muhammad, MN Norazrulrizal, K. Sia
{"title":"Complex congenital heart disease: A rare case of situs inversus with isolated levocardia","authors":"A. Ong, S. Toh, T. Muhammad, MN Norazrulrizal, K. Sia","doi":"10.31762/ahj1926.0402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31762/ahj1926.0402","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75805007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viet Nguyen Lan, Vinh Pham Nguyen, Nhan Vo Thanh, Huan Do Quang, Hung Pham Manh, Tram Dang Mai, B. Ambegaonkar, C. Baxter, P. Brudi, M. Horack, D. Lautsch, A. Gitt
{"title":"Cholesterol Target Value Achievement And Lipid-lowering Therapy In Patients With Stable Or Acute Coronary Heart Disease In Vietnam - Results From The Dyslipidemia International Study II","authors":"Viet Nguyen Lan, Vinh Pham Nguyen, Nhan Vo Thanh, Huan Do Quang, Hung Pham Manh, Tram Dang Mai, B. Ambegaonkar, C. Baxter, P. Brudi, M. Horack, D. Lautsch, A. Gitt","doi":"10.31762/AHJ1825.0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31762/AHJ1825.0101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81831269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Tat, A. Said, Oon Yen Yee, Siti Nadia binti Che Adinan, O. T. Kiam
{"title":"ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Situs Inversus Dextrocardia: A Case Report","authors":"K. Tat, A. Said, Oon Yen Yee, Siti Nadia binti Che Adinan, O. T. Kiam","doi":"10.7603/s40602-016-0010-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7603/s40602-016-0010-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91102703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Profi le and Predictors of Outcomes of Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: The Philippine Heart Center Experience","authors":"L. Cuenza, Normita Manapat, J. R. K. Jalique","doi":"10.7603/s40602-016-0009-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7603/s40602-016-0009-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83450761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Koh Choong Hou, Kenny Sin Yoong Kong, Terence Kee Yi Shern, Jack Tan Wei Chieh
{"title":"Impact of Chronic Kidney Insufficiency on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients that Undergo Coronary Revascularization: A Historical Review","authors":"Koh Choong Hou, Kenny Sin Yoong Kong, Terence Kee Yi Shern, Jack Tan Wei Chieh","doi":"10.7603/s40602-016-0008-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7603/s40602-016-0008-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88500768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kheng Yong Ong, Elise Yap, Yvonne May Fen Chia, Hung Yong Tay, Peter Ting, Sui Yung Chan, Yu Heng Kwan
{"title":"Impact of Community-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Clinical Parameters of Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases.","authors":"Kheng Yong Ong, Elise Yap, Yvonne May Fen Chia, Hung Yong Tay, Peter Ting, Sui Yung Chan, Yu Heng Kwan","doi":"10.7603/s40602-016-0005-4","DOIUrl":"10.7603/s40602-016-0005-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes have been shown to improve patient outcomes, but vary widely in their components. The impact of Singapore's CR programme on clinical outcomes is currently not known.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effects of a community-based CR programme on important clinical parameters in patients with cardiovascular disease in Singapore.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A retrospective cohort study was conducted. Cardiovascular patients who had completed a hospital-based CR programme were included. Patients who continued with community-based CR (n = 94) during the period of 2009-2013 were compared with patients who received regular care (n = 157). Changes in clinical and physical examination parameters between baseline and one-year post follow-up were analyzed. Within-group differences were compared using the paired t-test, while multivariate linear regression was used to compare the changes in the various parameters between the intervention and control groups. The primary outcome measure was low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients in the intervention group had significant lowering of LDL (2.5 to 2.2 mmol/L, p<0.01), while the control group's LDL increased (2.2 to 2.4 mmol/L, p<0.01). The intervention group had greater improvements in LDL (-0.3 vs. +0.2 mmol/L, p<0.01), triglycerides (-0.1 vs. +0.1 mmol/L, p=0.01), total cholesterol (-0.3 vs. +0.3 mmol/L, p<0.01), fasting blood glucose (-0.5 vs. +0.3 mmol/L, p<0.01), systolic blood pressure (-3.2 vs. +5 mmHg, p<0.01) and diastolic blood pressure (-2.6 vs. +2.8 mmHg, p<0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The community-based CR programme in Singapore is associated with improvements in several cardiovascular clinical parameters and may be of benefit to cardiovascular patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79816399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2015 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia in the Philippines - Executive Summary","authors":"Adriel E. Guerrero","doi":"10.7603/S40602-016-0007-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7603/S40602-016-0007-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7603/S40602-016-0007-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72496923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"15th Sukaman Memorial Lecture","authors":"B. Chia","doi":"10.7603/s40602-016-0006-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7603/s40602-016-0006-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89174027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ramon F Abarquez, Paul Ferdinand M Reganit, Carmen N Chungunco, Jean Alcover, Felix Eduardo R Punzalan, Eugenio B Reyes, Elleen L Cunanan
{"title":"Chronic Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines' Class 1-A Pharmacologic Recommendations: Start-to-End Synergistic Drug Therapy?","authors":"Ramon F Abarquez, Paul Ferdinand M Reganit, Carmen N Chungunco, Jean Alcover, Felix Eduardo R Punzalan, Eugenio B Reyes, Elleen L Cunanan","doi":"10.7603/s40602-016-0004-5","DOIUrl":"10.7603/s40602-016-0004-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic heart failure (HF) disease as an emerging epidemic has a high economic-psycho-social burden, hospitalization, readmission, morbidity and mortality rates despite many clinical practice guidelines' evidenced-based and consensus driven recommendations that include trials' initial-baseline data.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To show that the survival and hospitalization-free event rates in the reviewed chronic HF clinical practice guidelines' class I-A recommendations as initial HF drug therapy (IDT) is possibly a combination and 'start-to-end' synergistic effect of the add-on ('end') HF drug therapy (ADT) to the baseline ('start') HF drug therapy (BDT).</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>The references cited in the chronic HF clinical practice guidelines of the 2005, 2009, and 2013 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC), the 2006 Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), and the 2005, 2008, and 2012 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) were reviewed and compared with the respective guidelines' and other countries' recommendations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The BDT using glycosides and diuretics is 79%-100% in the cited HF trials. The survival rates attributed to the BDT ('start') is 46%-89% and IDT ('end') 61%-92.8%, respectively. The hospitalization-free event rate of the BDT group: 47.1% to 85.3% and IDT group 61.8%-90%, respectively. Thus, the survival and hospitalization-free event rates of the ADT is 0.4%-15% and 4.6% to 14.7%, respectively. The extrapolated BDT survival is 8%-51% based on a 38% estimated natural HF survival rate for the time period109.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The contribution of baseline HF drug therapy (BDT) is relevant in terms of survival and hospitalization-free event rates compared to the HF class 1-A guidelines initial drug therapy recommendations (IDT). Further, the proposed initial HF drug ('end') therapy (IDT) has possible synergistic effects with the baseline HF drug ('start') therapy (BDT) and is essentially the add on HF drug therapy (ADT) in our analysis. The polypharmacy HF treatment is a synergistic effect due to BDT and ADT.</p>","PeriodicalId":72307,"journal":{"name":"ASEAN heart journal : Official journal of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4781891/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10291394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}