ASM AUGUST 2022
Every year, Asian Heart & Vascular Centre hold our Annual Science Meeting to share and exchange medical knowledge with other medical professionals. In this 2022, our doctors spoke on the topic, I was covid positive – From Endemic to Recovery. Watch the video whereby our doctors and staff shared their experience of contracting COVID-19. Disclaimer: Video was […]
LEAKING MITRAL HEART VALVE
Symptoms and causes If you have difficulty with shortness of breath, problems climbing stairs and a rapid heartbeat, you could be suffering from mitral insufficiency. Or a disorder of the mitral valve, one of the heart valves. We also call this a “leaking mitral heart valve”. Symptoms of a leaking mitral heart valve The symptoms […]
UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PFO AND STROKE
Your heart and the foramen ovale Your heart is a muscular organ in your chest that is about the size of your fist. The heart’s main function is to pump blood and supply oxygen to your entire body. Understand your heart, click here. Before birth, there is an opening in the form of a tissue flap […]
WOMEN’S HEALTH IN CARDIOLOGY
Cardiovascular Disease is the top killer among women in the world. In Singapore, one in three women dies of cardiovascular disease yearly. However, many women are still unaware that they are as vulnerable as men to cardiovascular diseases. Women have specific risk factors of heart disease, in addition to the conventional ones that we are […]
DR EDGAR & DR PIPIN’S VIETNAM TALK
Dr Edgar Tay and Dr Pipin has recently shared more information on cardiovascular diseases through a webinar session. If you would like to understand and learn more about heart diseases within the heart, specifically valves disease or the advances in the management of heart rhythm disorders, please do watch the video. The video is available […]
SUDDEN DEATH DURING EXERCISE
It is frightening to know that someone who seems healthy collapse suddenly during or after exercise. This is often due to underlying heart disease or hereditary defects. Generally, people over the age of 40 have an increased risk of coronary heart disease, therefore, sudden death during exercise or after exercise is usually related to sudden […]
I HAD COVID AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED. HOWEVER, WHY DO I GET TIRED, BREATHLESS AND FATIGUED EASILY?
Some people who have contracted COVID-19 have experienced lasting symptoms even when they have recovered and have been tested negative for coronavirus. Dr Edgar Tay and some other doctors have been interviewed by CNA to share some useful tips to help these groups of people manage some symptoms such as cough and wheezing, breathlessness, fatigue and cardiac […]
DOCTOR, I STILL WANT TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL WITH MY PACEMAKER AND IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS
Over the years, awareness in the increased risk of sudden death in women due to cardiac diseases and inherited cardiac conditions has been raised. Thus, more women are now diagnosed with such conditions leading to the increased use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). WHAT IS AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS (ICD)? The implantable cardioverter defibrillator designed to slow […]
HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (HFpEF)
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a common and debilitating condition. It accounts for 50% of heart failure patients globally and is associated with high hospitalization and mortality rate. 60% of patients with HFpEF are women, typically post-menopausal. Loss of estrogen at menopause may have adverse effects on the heart muscles, increasing the […]
HELLO HEART, HAVE WE MET?
Our heart is a muscular organ about the size of a fist. It is located behind and left of the breastbone. Our heart is the main organ of the cardiovascular system, working hard to pump oxygen-rich blood to all the organs in our body. Besides delivering the nutrients, it also helps to carry away unwanted […]