| 14 Dec 2008 |
| Life Saver (The Sunday Times, 14 December 2008) |
| Read on the experiences of two patients with abnormal heart rhythmns, how they are coping with the condition with cardiologist, Dr Ching Chi Keong sharing his expertise in this field.
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| 13 Dec 2008 |
| Quicker, cheaper transplants (Today, 13 December 2008) |
| The National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank (NCHB), established in February by the National Heart Centre Singapore, stores human heart valves and trachea tissue. By drawing from a local supply of heart valves, patients not only get timely treatment but also pay about $2,000 to $3,000 less.
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| 13 Dec 2008 |
| Tissue bank seeks donors (The Straits Times, 13 December 2008) |
TEN months after its doors opened, the National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank (NCHB), a tissue bank that stores parts of the human heart destined for transplant, is seeking more donors.
Established by the National Heart Centre Singapore in February 2008, NCHB has received eight tissue grafts, such as heart valves and the main artery of the heart & hopes to build up a bank of at least 20 heart valves.
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| 13 Dec 2008 |
| 心血管移植片存库成立 患者可在数小时内动手术 (早报, 13 December 2008) |
| 国家心脏中心在今年2月成立新加坡首个全国心血管移植片存库(National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank，简称NCHB)，为新加坡公立与私人医院病人提供所需的心血管移植片，让急需接受心血管或心瓣膜移植手术的心脏和心血管疾病患者能够最快可在数小时内动手术。除了争取到即时治疗的时间，也为病人节省2000至3000元的医疗费用。
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| 11 Dec 2008 |
| 植入心脏起搏器病人, 手术后48小时可搭乘飞机 (早报, 11 December 2008) |
| 国家心脏中心心内科部门顾问医生曾志强 (Dr Ching Chi Keong) 与早报分享心脏起搏器在治疗心律失常的相关知识。
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| 02 Dec 2008 |
| Pacemakers can prevent strokes (The Straits Times, 2 December 2008) |
| Dr Teo Wee Siong, NHCS's Director, Electrophysiology and Pacing and Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, spoke to Salma Khalik, Health Correspondent, The Straits Times, on how a stroke could have prevented if patients' underlying heart problems had been treated with a device like a pacemaker.
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| 08 Oct 2008 |
| Bigger heart centre in the works (The Straits Times, 8 October 2008) |
| NHCS shared details of its new building plans in an interview with the Straits Times. The new heart centre expected by 2012, will be three times its current size. New facilities such as areas for day surgery and pre-admission testing for patients are planned. It will also have state-of-the-art equipment so that doctors can get more accurate picture of patient's problems and rooms for clinical trials and patient-oriented research which is in line with Singapore's push to get more early clinical trials done here.
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| 02 Sep 2008 |
| Goodbye to bypass ops? (Today, 2 September 2008) |
| Human trials in breakthrough stem cell transplant could begin in one to two years
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| 02 Sep 2008 |
| They help your heart to 'heal' itself (The New Paper, 2 September 2008) |
| A team of Singapore doctors and researchers from the National Heart Centre Singapore have come up with a way of using an adult's stem cells to improve the pumping force of their failing hearts. A world first, it was presented at a conference in Germany yesterday. NG WAN CHING reports
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| 04 May 2008 |
| Heart is on the right, no wrong side (The New Paper, 4 May 2008) |
| Dr Tan Ju Le, Consultant, Department of Cardiology shared with The New Paper on dextrocardia, a rare heart condition, where the heart is on the right side of the chest instead of the left.
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| 31 Mar 2008 |
| First heart transplant and beyond (The Straits Times, 31 March 2008) |
| Dr C Sivathasan, Co-director, Heart & Lung Transplant Programme shared with ST the arduous journey of cardiac surgery in the early days..
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| 31 Mar 2008 |
| Heart of the Matter (My Paper, 31 March 2008) |
| At the NHC 10th Anniversary Dinner, SM Goh praised the centre for helping to save and improve the lives of many. NHC has also earned a reputation as a leading heart centre in the region.
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| 31 Mar 2008 |
| History of heart health here (The Straits Times, 31 March 2008) |
| NHC celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. However the roots of cardiology can be traced back as far as 1926...
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| 31 Mar 2008 |
| NHC stent patient's hearty recovery (My Paper, 31 March 2008) |
| National Heart Centre aspires to offer affordable cutting edge cardiovascular medicine
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| 31 Mar 2008 |
| Rating system to keep hospitals up to mark (The Straits Times, 31 March 2008) |
| Move will make them compete to improve quality of care: SM Goh
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| 31 Mar 2008 |
| Stents that saves lives (My Paper, 31 March 2008) |
| Mr Chiang was one of the first NHC patients to have a Biomatrix drug-eluting stent implanted.
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| 29 Mar 2008 |
| Look, there's no 'zipper' scar, thanks to robot surgery (The Straits Times, 29 March 2008) |
| RETIRED teacher Dudley Dragon had a heart bypass last July, but you would not know it from looking at his chest. Instead of the long 'zipper' scar that marks out heart bypass survivors, all he has are two 2cm long scars and a 5cm long one. His surgeons at the National Heart Centre (NHC) used a robot to perform minimally invasive 'keyhole' surgery.
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| 26 Mar 2008 |
| He cheats DEATH, thanks to.. (The New Paper, 26 March 2008) |
| RETIREE Wong Yin Tau, 70, would have been dead years ago, if not for a small handphone size device implanted in his body in 1994. Implanted device makes man National Heart Centre's longest surviving ICD patient.
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| 07 Mar 2008 |
| New balloon device keeps arteries clear without stent implant (The Straits Times, 7 March 2008) |
| NHC participates in a clinical trial on drug eluting balloon that shows less chance of arteries re-narrowing; trial to start here this month
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