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CLINICAL MILESTONE

01

1992 — 1996

  • Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Atresia (1992)
  • Established Balloon Dilation for Valvular Aortic Stenosis (1992)
  • First in Malaysia Closure Of PDA Case With Coils (1993)
  • Use Homograft For More Complex Congenital Heart Surgeries (1993)
  • Coil Embolism of Coronary Fistula (1994)
  • First in Malaysia Renal Angioplasty (1995)
  • First in Malaysia Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) I1996)

02

1997

  • First in ASEAN Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Occlusion
  • First in Malaysia Heart Transplant
  • First in ASEAN Transcatheter Amplatzer Duct Occluder (ADO)
  • First in Malaysia Iliac Stenting
  • Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of ASD And PDA With Amplatzer Duct Occlude
  • First in Malaysia Transradial Coronary Angiogram
  • First in Malaysia Renal Stenting

03

1998 — 1999

  • First in Malaysia Transradial Intervention (1998)
  • Established Homograft Bank (1998)
  • Established Integrated Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit (1999)
  • First Percutaneous Carotid Stenting (1999)
  • First in Malaysia Advanced Non contact Mapping System Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation (1999)
  • First in Malaysia Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Introduced Emboli Protection Device (1999)

04

2001—2004

  • Introduced Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement (2001)
  • First in Malaysia Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (2001)
  • Introduced Drug Eluting Stents (2002)
  • First in ASEAN Myocardial Stem Cell Transplant in ASEAN (2003)
  • First in Malaysia Endoscopic Harvest of Saphenous Vein and Radial Artery Conduit for Coronary Artery Bypass (2003)
  • First in ASEAN Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on an Awake Patient (2004)
  • Transcatheter Ventricular Septal Defect Occlusion (2004)
  • Periventricular off pump VSD closure with Amplatzer device under fluoroscopy (2004)

05

2005—2007

  • First in ASIA Implanted 1st Thoratec IVAD Mechanical Heart System (2005)
  • First in Malaysia Single Lung Transplant (2005)
  • First in Asia & Australasia Video Assisted Thoroscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
  • First in Malaysia Heart and Lung Transplant
  • Total corrective cardiac surgery on smallest baby weighing 2.3kg
  • First in Malaysia Sequential Double Heart Transplant (within 24 hours)
  • First in Malaysia Implant Breathing Pacemaker for patients on Ventilator

06

2008—2010

  • First in Malaysia Minimally Invasive Procedure to Repair Congenital Chest Deformity (2008)
  • First in Malaysia Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) (2009)
  • First in Malaysia Minimally Invasive Lobectomy for Lung Disease (2009)
  • First in Malaysia Implant the Watchman for AF patients (2010)
  • First in Malaysia Non irradiating Cardiac Magnetic Resonance System (2010)
  • Introduced Heartmate II (2010)

07

2011 – 2015

  • Introduced Mitraclip non surgical repair for leaking mitral valve (2011)
  • First in ASEAN Implantation of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (2011)
  • The New Occlutech ® PDA Occluder : Initial Human Experience (2011)
  • Introduction of Heartware (2011)
  • First in Asia Transcatheter Renal Denervation in Asia (2011)
  • First in Asia Sutureless Aortic Valve Prosthesis (2012)
  • First in Asia Parachute Ventricular Partitioning Device (2013)
  • First in Asia Pacific Implant of MICRA Transcatheter Pacing System (2014)
  • First-in-man (World) Implant of the VenTouch Ventricular Reshaping Device (2014)
  • First in Malaysia Implant the latest S-ICD® System (2014)

08

2016 — 2020

  • First in Asia Pacific – Implant Bio-absorbable Pulmonary Valve Conduit (PVC) (2016)
  • First in Malaysia – Total Aorta Replacement Surgery (2017)
  • First-in-man Trial (Asia Pacific) – MicraTranscatheter Pacing System And To Implant Investigational Attain Stability™ Quad MRI Surescan™ Left Heart Lead (2018)
  • First in Asia – Peripheral Atrial Disease Procedure With Vascuflex Multi-Loc Device (2018)
  • First in Malaysia – Implant Dual Chamber Pacemaker System in a Pregnant Patient Using Non-fluoroscopic Imaging (2018)
  • First in Malaysia – Arterial Switch Operation on 3- month Old Baby (Conjoined Twin) (2019)
  • First In Asia – Implant Micra AV Pacemaker (2020)

09

2021

  • First in Malaysia Introduce Intravascular Litotripsy to treat severe calcify atherosclerosis (2021)
  • First in Asia Covered Endovascular Reconstruction of Aortic Bifurcation (CERAB) procedure with CO2 angiogram (2021)
  • First in Malaysia Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) with CO2 angiogam (2021)
  • First in Asia – Introduce Tricvalve Transcatheter Bicaval Valves System (Bioprosthesis) (2021)
  • First in Malaysia Complex electrophysiology procedure using the Ensite X EP system (2022)
  • First in ASEAN Introduce POLARx™ Cryoablation Sytem (2022)
  • First Medical Institution in South East Asia to treat 100 patients with Micra AV (2022)
  • First in Malaysia to implant Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Melody (TPV) to treat obstructed Pulmonary Valve or conduit in patients with Congenital Heart Disease (2022)

10

2022 — 2023

  • First in Malaysia – Use Pulsecath iVAC 2L, a temporary mechanical circulatory device for Heart Failure patients undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
  • First in Malaysia – Perform TriClip procedure for patients suffering leaky heart valve
  • First in Malaysia – Implant the latest generation of Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVI) – Navitor