Kok Meng John Chan
Research
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MITRAL VALVE REPAIR SURGERY
Functional Mitral & Tricuspid Regurgitation
Randomised Ischaemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial
Ischaemic mitral regurgitation surgical treatment
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve repair using artificial neochordae
Mitral valve endocarditis surgery
Rheumatic mitral valve disease surgery
Degenerative mitral valve disease surgery
TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR SURGERY
Functional Mitral & Tricuspid Regurgitation
Tricuspid valve repair for tricuspid annular dilatation
Tricuspid valve repair by leaflet augmentation using autologous pericardium for leaflet tethering
Stages of functional tricuspid regurgitation
Functional tricuspid regurgitation assessment and treatment
Pathophysiology of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation
AORTIC VALVE SURGERY
Stentless autologous pericardial aortic valve replacement
Choice of prosthesis in aortic valve replacement
AORTIC SURGERY
Manufacturing an external aortic root support for the dilated ascending aorta
Early results of external aortic root support for the dilated ascending aorta
Ascending aortic aneurysm surgery
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Technique to avoid tension in the left internal mammary artery to LAD anastomosis
Technique to correct size mismatch in coronary anastomosis
Review of Coronary Artery Disease in Malaysia
CARDIAC TUMOUR SURGERY
Surgical resection of left atrial paraganglioma
CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Biocompatible oxygenators in cardiopulmonary bypass
REOPERATIONS
THORACIC SURGERY
Intrathoracic staging of non small cell lung cancer
Review of Lung Cancer research in Malaysia
OTHERS
Assessment of platelet function
Practice Areas
Organizations
Other Interests
Cardiac, Aorta and Thoracic surgery (Heart, Aorta, Lung and Chest surgery)
Mitral valve repair and replacement surgery
Tricuspid valve repair and replacement surgery
Aortic valve surgery
Aorta surgery (Aortic Root, Ascending Aorta, Aortic Arch + Frozen Elephant Trunk, Descending Aorta)
Personalised External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) surgery
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery
Cardiac tumour surgery
Atrial Septal Defect surgery
Mediastinal Tumour and Thymus surgery
Lung Cancer and Tumour surgery
Pleural Effusion and Pneumothorax surgery
Sympathetectomy for Hyperhidrosis (Sweaty Hands / Palms) surgery
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery
INTERNATIONAL LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
1. KMJ Chan, SG Raja, GD Dreyfus. Tricuspid leaflet augmentation: a repair technique to address severe leaflet tethering in tricuspid regurgitation. 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, USA, Jan 2009.
2. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Tricuspid regurgitation secondary to mitral valve disease: new insights. 43 Convegno Cardiologia 2009, Milan, Italy, Sept 2009.
3. KMJ Chan, JTA Gavino, GD Dreyfus. Truly stentless autologous pericardial aortic valve replacement: an alternative to standard aortic valve replacement. 90th Annual meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Canada, May 2010. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION)
4. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: surgical advances. European Society of Cardiology Congress 2010, Stockholm, August 2010.
5. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: surgical perspective. Advanced forum on mitral valve repair, Monaco, November 2010.
6. KMJ Chan. Tricuspid valve anatomy and pathophysiology. European Valve Repair Group Annual Meeting, London, United Kingdom, June 2011.
7. KMJ Chan, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, M Flather, DJ Pennell, SK Prasad, PJ Kilner, JR Pepper. Mitral valve annuloplasty in addition to coronary artery bypass grafting in moderate functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation reverses left ventricular remodeling and restores left ventricular geometry: preliminary results of the Randomized Ischaemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2011.
8. KMJ Chan, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, M Flather, DJ Pennell, SK Prasad, PJ Kilner, JR Pepper. Mitral valve annular, leaflet and papillary muscle geometry and function in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation: new insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2011.
9. KMJ Chan. Long term results of mitral valve repair. The Valve Repair Trilogy: Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid, Monaco, March 2012.
10. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty: when, how and why not? The Valve Repair Trilogy: Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid, Monaco, March 2012.
11. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology of functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barcelona, October 2012. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
12. KMJ Chan, PP Punjabi, M Flather, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, S Rahman-Hayley, DJ Pennell, PJ Kilner, GD Dreyfus, JR Pepper. Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without mitral valve annuloplasty: final results of the Randomized Ischemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, California, USA, November 2012.
13. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional mitral regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
14. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
15. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair for functional ischaemic MR: indications, techniques and results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
16. KMJ Chan. Indications, techniques and long term results of tricuspid valve repair for functional TR. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
17. KMJ Chan. The Ischaemic Mitral Valve. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Course on Aortic and Mitral Valve Reconstructive Surgery, Windsor, UK, July 2014.
18. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair for ischaemic mitral regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. 24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2014.
19. KMJ Chan. Tricuspid valve repair for functional tricuspid regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. 24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2014.
20. KMJ Chan. Moderate ischaemic mitral regurgitation: CABG only or concomitant valve repair? American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, November 2014. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
21. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology of functional tricuspid regurgitation. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, November 2014. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
22. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional mitral regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
23. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
24. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair in dilated cardiomyopathy: how effective? European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
25. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
26. KMJ Chan. Addressing severe leaflet tethering in functional tricuspid regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
27. KMJ Chan. Hunterian Lecture: Pathophysiology and surgical treatment of functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation. Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, Mac 2015. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
28. KMJ Chan. Functional tricuspid regurgitation: when should we intervene? Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, Mac 2015.
29. KMJ Chan. Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery: to repair or not to repair? European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Aortic and Mitral Valve Reconstruction Surgery Course, Windsor, U.K., July 2015.
30. KMJ Chan. Update on Heart Valve Disease. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 4th Borneo Surgical Delights Meeting, Pontianak, Indonesia, October 2015.
31. KMJ Chan. Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Revascularise only, repair or replace? American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2015. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)

