Dr Lim Choon Pin Publications - The Heart & Vascular Centre

Dr Lim Choon Pin’s Publications

Ventricular Assist Devices/ Heart Transplant

Teh YE, Lim CP, Teo LLY, Soon JL, Chao VTT, Neo CL, Tan JLL, Kerk KL, Sim DKL, Tan TE, Tan BH, Cumaraswamy S, Tan TT. Staphylococcal driveline infections are the predominant type of left ventricular assist device associated infections in Singapore. Infect Dis (Lond) 2019 Jun; 51(6): 417-424. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1592216. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
Lim CP, Lim YP, Lim CH, Ong HY, Tan D, Chew HC, Omar AR. Ventricular Assist Device Support in End-Stage Heart Failure From Cardiac Amyloidosis. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2019 Dec; 48(12):435-438.
Soon JL, Tan JL, Lim CP, Tan TE, Tan SY, Kerk KL, Sim KD, Sivathasan C. Percutaneous Decommissioning of Left Ventricular Assist Device. Heart, Lung & Circulation 2018 Jul; 27(7): 853-855.
Sivathasan C, Lim CP, Kerk KL, Sim DK, Mehra MR. Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation in the Asia Pacific region. The Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 2017 Jan; 36(1): 13-18.
Chan LL, Lim CP, Lim CH, Tan TE, Sim D, Sivathasan C. Novel Use of Thalidomide in Recurrent Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Case Series. Heart, Lung & Circulation 2017 Oct; 26(10): 1101-1104.
Seng BJJ, Teo LLY, Chan LL, Sim DKL, Kerk KL, Soon JL, Tan TE, Sivathasan C, Lim CP. Novel use of low-dose thalidomide in refractory gastrointestinal bleeding in left ventricular assist device patients. International Journal of Artificial Organs 2017 Oct 27; 40(11):636-640.
Soon JL, Tan TE, Lim CP, Sim DK, Chan HS, Kerk KL, Sivathasan C. Asia’s First Minimal-Access Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2017 Jun; 46(6): 256-257.
Lim CP, Fisher OM, Falkenback D, Boyd D, Hayward CS, Keogh A, Samaras K, MacDonald P, Lord RV. Bariatric Surgery Provides a “Bridge to Transplant” for Morbidly Obese Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and May Obviate the Need for Transplantation. Obesity Surgery 2016 Mar; 26(3): 486-93.
Hayward C, Lim CP, Schima H, Macdonald P, Moscato F, Muthiah K, Granegger M. Pump Speed Waveform Analysis to Detect Aortic Valve Opening in Patients on Ventricular Assist Device Support. Journal of Artificial Organs 2015 Aug; 39(8):704-9.
Lim CP, Sivathasan C, Tan TE, Lim CH, Kerk KL, Sim DK. Use of left ventricular assist device (HeartMate II): a Singapore experience. Journal of Artificial Organs 2014 Jul; 38(7):543-8.

General Cardiology

Heart Failure

Structural Heart Disease Intervention

Chiam PT, Chan NS, Lim YT, Lim CP, Nair D, Lim TT, Soon CY, Khoo BCH, Lim J, Tan KS, Lam L, Yan P, Ooi YW, Chong MS. Clinical and neurocognitive outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with cerebral protection: initial experience with a novel dual-filter device in Southeast Asia. Singapore Med Journal 2022 Feb 24. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2022030. *Online ahead of print.

Chiam PTL, Lim CP, Lim YT, Sivathasan C. Percutaneous paravalvular leak repair for severe aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2021 Mar; 50 (3): 274-276.

Dr Lim Choon Pin’s Publications

Ventricular Assist Devices/ Heart Transplant

Lim CP, Lim YP, Lim CH, Ong HY, Tan D, Chew HC, Omar AR. Ventricular Assist Device Support in End-Stage Heart Failure From Cardiac Amyloidosis. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2019 Dec; 48(12):435-438.

Soon JL, Tan JL, Lim CP, Tan TE, Tan SY, Kerk KL, Sim KD, Sivathasan C. Percutaneous Decommissioning of Left Ventricular Assist Device. Heart, Lung & Circulation 2018 Jul; 27(7): 853-855.

Sivathasan C, Lim CP, Kerk KL, Sim DK, Mehra MR. Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation in the Asia Pacific region. The Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 2017 Jan; 36(1): 13-18.

Chan LL, Lim CP, Lim CH, Tan TE, Sim D, Sivathasan C. Novel Use of Thalidomide in Recurrent Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Case Series. Heart, Lung & Circulation 2017 Oct; 26(10): 1101-1104.

Seng BJJ, Teo LLY, Chan LL, Sim DKL, Kerk KL, Soon JL, Tan TE, Sivathasan C, Lim CP. Novel use of low-dose thalidomide in refractory gastrointestinal bleeding in left ventricular assist device patients. International Journal of Artificial Organs 2017 Oct 27; 40(11):636-640.

Soon JL, Tan TE, Lim CP, Sim DK, Chan HS, Kerk KL, Sivathasan C. Asia’s First Minimal-Access Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2017 Jun; 46(6): 256-257.

Lim CP, Fisher OM, Falkenback D, Boyd D, Hayward CS, Keogh A, Samaras K, MacDonald P, Lord RV. Bariatric Surgery Provides a “Bridge to Transplant” for Morbidly Obese Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and May Obviate the Need for Transplantation. Obesity Surgery 2016 Mar; 26(3): 486-93.

Hayward C, Lim CP, Schima H, Macdonald P, Moscato F, Muthiah K, Granegger M. Pump Speed Waveform Analysis to Detect Aortic Valve Opening in Patients on Ventricular Assist Device Support. Journal of Artificial Organs 2015 Aug; 39(8):704-9.

Lim CP, Sivathasan C, Tan TE, Lim CH, Kerk KL, Sim DK. Use of left ventricular assist device (HeartMate II): a Singapore experience. Journal of Artificial Organs 2014 Jul; 38(7):543-8.

General Cardiology

Lim CP, Chiam PTL, Lai HK, Koh YL. A rare case of isolated atrial myocarditis. Singapore Medical Journal 2021 Nov; 62(11): 610-614.

Chiam PT, Lim YT, Lim CP, Cumaraswamy S. Percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement of a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis: initial experience in Southeast Asia with nine-month follow-up. Singapore Medical Journal 2020 Aug; 61(8): 445-446

JS Foo, CH Koh, A Sahlén, HC Tang, CP Lim. Congenital Partial Absence of Pericardium: A Mimic of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. Case Rep Med 2018; 4297280.

Lim CP, Yeo KK, Tan BY, Liew R, Tan JW. Right pace, wrong place. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2012 Sep; 41(9):417-9.

Lim E, Lim CP, Muller O, Yeo KK, Lim ST, Koh TH, Eeckhout E. AsiaPCR/SingLive: in its third year and growing. EuroIntervention 2012 Feb; 7(10):1144-6.

Lim CP, Ho KL, Tan TT, Wong AS, Tan JW, Chua YL, Su JW. Infected coronary artery pseudoaneurysm after repeated percutaneous coronary intervention. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 Feb; 91(2): e17-9.

Heart Failure

Kaur P, Saxena N, You AX, Wong RCC, Lim CP, Loh SY, George PP. Effect of multimorbidity on survival of patients diagnosed with heart failure: a retrospective cohort study in Singapore. BMJ Open 2018 May; 20;8(5)

Teo LY, Lim CP, Neo CL, Teo LW, Ng SL, Chan LL, Kaushik M, Sim KL. Ultrafiltration in patients with decompensated heart failure and diuretic resistance: an Asian centre’s experience. Singapore Medical Journal 2016 Jul; 57(7): 378-83.

Yap J, Sim D, Lim CP, Chia SY, Go YY, Jaufeerally FR, Sim LL, Liew R, Ching CK. Predictors of two-year mortality in Asian patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. International Journal of Cardiology 2015 Mar; 183: 33-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.063. Epub 2015 Jan 27.

Hoong CW, Lim CP, Gao F, Chen Q, Kawa LB, Ching CK, Sim DK. Outcomes of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a Southeast Asian cohort. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown) 2015 Sep; 16(9): 583-90.

Lim CP, Sim DK. Peripartum cardiomyopathy: experience in an Asian tertiary centre. Singapore Medical Journal 2013 Jan; 54(1): 24-7.

Structural Heart Disease Intervention

Chiam PTL, Lim CP, Lim YT, Sivathasan C. Percutaneous paravalvular leak repair for severe aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2021 Mar; 50 (3): 274-276.