Yee Guan Yap

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Publications

  1. ncbi Drug-induced Brugada syndrome
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Centre, Prince Court Medical Centre, 39, Jalan Kia Peng, Kuala Lumpur 50450, Malaysia
    Europace 11:989-94. 2009
  2. ncbi Optimising the dichotomy limit for left ventricular ejection fraction in selecting patients for defibrillator therapy after myocardial infarction
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    Heart 93:832-6. 2007
  3. ncbi Drug induced QT prolongation and torsades de pointes
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    Heart 89:1363-72. 2003
  4. ncbi Temporal trends on the risk of arrhythmic vs. non-arrhythmic deaths in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction: a combined analysis from multicentre trials
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
    Eur Heart J 26:1385-93. 2005
  5. ncbi Prognostic impact of demographic factors and clinical features on the mode of death in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction--a combined analysis from multicenter trials
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    Clin Cardiol 28:471-8. 2005
  6. ncbi Prognostic value of blood pressure measured during hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction: an insight from survival trials
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    J Hypertens 25:307-13. 2007
  7. ncbi Potential demographic and baselines variables for risk stratification of high-risk post-myocardial infarction patients in the era of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator--a prognostic indicator
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    Int J Cardiol 126:101-7. 2008
  8. ncbi T-wave alternans and left ventricular wall thickness in predicting arrhythmic risk in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    Valentina Otja Puntmann
    St George s, University of London, London, UK
    Circ J 74:1197-204. 2010
  9. ncbi Significance of maximal and regional left ventricular wall thickness in association with arrhythmic events in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    Valentina O Puntmann
    St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, UK
    Circ J 74:531-7. 2010
  10. ncbi Arrhythmic complications of electrical cardioversion: relationship to shock energy
    Mark M Gallagher
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
    Int J Cardiol 123:307-12. 2008

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Drug-induced Brugada syndrome
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Centre, Prince Court Medical Centre, 39, Jalan Kia Peng, Kuala Lumpur 50450, Malaysia
    Europace 11:989-94. 2009
    ..However, further evidence is needed to confirm this postulation. In this paper, we will review the cases and evidence of drug-induced Brugada syndrome reported in the literature...
  2. ncbi Optimising the dichotomy limit for left ventricular ejection fraction in selecting patients for defibrillator therapy after myocardial infarction
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    Heart 93:832-6. 2007
    ..The selection of patients for prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrilator (ICD) treatment after myocardial infarction (MI) remains controversial...
  3. ncbi Drug induced QT prolongation and torsades de pointes
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    Heart 89:1363-72. 2003
  4. ncbi Temporal trends on the risk of arrhythmic vs. non-arrhythmic deaths in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction: a combined analysis from multicentre trials
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
    Eur Heart J 26:1385-93. 2005
    ..However, contemporary data on such information is lacking...
  5. ncbi Prognostic impact of demographic factors and clinical features on the mode of death in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction--a combined analysis from multicenter trials
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    Clin Cardiol 28:471-8. 2005
    ..Contemporary information is lacking on the effect of demographic features and clinical features on the specific mode of mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) in the thrombolytic era...
  6. ncbi Prognostic value of blood pressure measured during hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction: an insight from survival trials
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    J Hypertens 25:307-13. 2007
    ..The prognostic value of blood pressure measured during hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction (MI) has not been investigated, particularly with regard to arrhythmic death...
  7. ncbi Potential demographic and baselines variables for risk stratification of high-risk post-myocardial infarction patients in the era of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator--a prognostic indicator
    Yee Guan Yap
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    Int J Cardiol 126:101-7. 2008
    ..Risk stratification after myocardial infarction (MI) remains expensive and disappointing. We designed a prognostic indicator using demographic information to select patients at risk of dying after MI...
  8. ncbi T-wave alternans and left ventricular wall thickness in predicting arrhythmic risk in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    Valentina Otja Puntmann
    St George s, University of London, London, UK
    Circ J 74:1197-204. 2010
    ..The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between LV wall thickness (LVWT) and microvolt T-wave alternans (TWA), a surrogate risk marker of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTAs)...
  9. ncbi Significance of maximal and regional left ventricular wall thickness in association with arrhythmic events in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    Valentina O Puntmann
    St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, UK
    Circ J 74:531-7. 2010
    ..Patients with mild left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are not free of events. Regional heterogeneity of LVH may contribute to arrhythmic vulnerability...
  10. ncbi Arrhythmic complications of electrical cardioversion: relationship to shock energy
    Mark M Gallagher
    Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
    Int J Cardiol 123:307-12. 2008
    ..We hypothesised that more powerful shocks would exceed the upper limit of vulnerability for inducing ventricular fibrillation. The initial use of higher energy could therefore reduce arrhythmic complications...
  11. ncbi Electrocardiographic markers of structural heart disease and predictors of death in 2332 unselected patients undergoing outpatient Holter recording
    Mark M Gallagher
    Department of Cardiology, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome 00133, Italy
    Europace 9:1203-8. 2007
    ..To test the hypothesis that the QS interval of ventricular ectopic beats (VEBs) (ventricular ectopic QS interval, VEQSI) would provide a marker for the presence of structural heart disease and a predictor of mortality...
  12. ncbi Distribution and prognostic significance of QT intervals in the lowest half centile in 12,012 apparently healthy persons
    Mark Michael Gallagher
    Department of Cardiology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
    Am J Cardiol 98:933-5. 2006
    ..In conclusion, a QTc interval of <or=330 ms is extremely rare in healthy subjects, and the presence of a QT interval in the lowest 1/2 centile of the normal range does not imply a significant risk of sudden death...
  13. ncbi Potential cardiac toxicity of H1-antihistamines
    Yee Guan Yap
    St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England
    Clin Allergy Immunol 17:389-419. 2002
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