Bridging Hearts, Inspiring Excellence
Advancing Cardiology Across Borders at
AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
PULSE Issue 42 | February 2024
Held from 21 to 23 September
2023 at Suntec City
Convention Centre, the Asian
Interventional Cardiovascular
Therapeutics (AICT)-AsiaPCR
2023 conference saw an
impressive turnout of more
than 700 participants gathered
together, with NUHCS being
the founding institution of
this global meeting and Prof
Tan Huay Cheem, Senior
Advisor, NUHCS, as one of the
founding Course Directors.
Coming together to
uncover the best practices
in cardiovascular care across
Southeast Asia and beyond,
this in-person congress
served as a platform for
industry partners, experts,
clinicians, and researchers
to enhance their practical
skillsets and exchange
insightful perspectives on the
advancements in the field.
Featuring more than 300
distinguished faculties and
presenters, this conference
provided a comprehensive
exploration of essential topics
in the diagnosis and treatment
of different cardiac conditions,
allowing participants to gain
valuable insights and broaden
their exposure in improving
patient outcomes.
The NUHCS team showcased
four live demonstrations of
complex coronary intervention
procedures, each led by two
interventionalists. The procedures
highlighted various state-of-the-art
techniques including the Impella percutaneous support system,
physiology- and intravascular
imaging-guided interventions,
and the treatment of coronary
heart disease.
In addition, as the first institution
in the Asia-Pacific region to
provide a systematic team-based
treatment for acute Pulmonary
Embolism (PE), the NUHCS
structural team led by Dr Ivandito
Kuntjoro, Director of Structural Heart Programme, Department
of Cardiology, NUHCS, were also
invited to present their local data,
results, and procedural techniques
at the first dedicated PE session of
this conference.
During the event, Prof Tan was
also honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the
Chien Foundation, in recognition of his pivotal role in actively
advancing the local development
of interventional cardiology.
Beyond his significant support
in the research and teaching
of Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention (PCI), Prof Tan has also
conducted over 10,000 operations
while continuing to train
thousands of doctors worldwide.
These remarkable contributions
spanning more than 30 years were
recognised and commended with this prestigious accolade at the
AICT-AsiaPCR 2023 meeting.
Drawing delegates from the Asia-Pacific region and Europe, the
AICT-AsiaPCR congress remains
a source of inspiration for the
emerging generations of doctors
through shared professional
experience, technical expertise,
defined techniques and advanced
technologies with the latest
research and innovations.
