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| 30 Nov 2011 | | NHCS introduces new therapy for heart failure patients with fluid overload | NHCS has introduced a new therapy known as Aquapheresis, a form of ultrafiltration to help heart failure patients with fluid overload removes excess salt and water from the body safely and effectively. The new therapy is targeted at those who do not respond well to diuretics (medications to help the body get rid of unneeded water and salt through the urine). Aquapheresis helps to relieve symptoms such as weight gain, swelling in the legs, arms and abdomen, difficulty in breathing and fatigue. This will help heart failure patients reduce their readmissions, length of hospital stay, unscheduled clinics and emergency room visits. NHCS is the first in Asia to introduce Aquapheresis in October 2011.
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| | | | 22 Oct 2011 | | NHCS saves 14-year-old boy with heart-assist device, the youngest case in Asia | Doctors at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) saved Charles Choong, a 14-year-old boy with a mechanical heart-assist device known as HeartMate II on 14 September 2011. This makes him the youngest patient supported on the heart-assist device in Asia. With the heart-assist device, Charles will be able to return to school soon and resume his daily lifestyle while waiting for a heart transplant.
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| | | | 04 Oct 2011 | | NHCS successfully performs Asia's 1st MitraClip procedure for patients with heart valve problems | The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) successfully performed Asia’s first minimally invasive heart valve repair using the MitraClip system, on a 68-year-old female patient on 14 April 2011. This new treatment is targeted at high-risk patients with severe mitral regurgitation, a condition in which your heart's mitral valve doesn't close tightly, allowing blood to flow backwards into your heart. Left untreated, up to 30 per cent of these patients with severe regurgitation may die within six years. It may also lead to irregular heartbeat and worsening congestive heart failure. In those with pre-existing heart failure, up to 60 per cent may die in five years.
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| | | | 15 Sep 2011 | | NHCS successfully creates beating heart cells from patient’s skin | The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) has successfully created beating heart cells from skin, using a virus-free method to create human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells. The NHCS research team is able to take skin cells from heart patients to generate hiPS cells, which can then be transformed into beating adult heart muscle cells outside the body. These beating cells outside the body are similar both genetically and physically to the properties of the heart cells from which they came from. The NHCS Research & Development Unit is one of only a handful of basic research labs worldwide capable of this technique.
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