29/03/2012
Prof. Yu Cheuk-man (1st left), Chairman, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, and Head, Division of Cardiology; Dr. Zhang Qing (2nd left), Adjunct Associate Professor (honorary), Dr. Fang Fang (3rd left), Research Assistant Professor, Prof. Lam Yat-yin (2nd right), Associate Professor, Prof. Lee Pui-wai Alex (1st right), Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK, receive their award certificates from Mr. Li Lu (3rd right), Deputy Director General of the Education, Science & Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR.
Prof. CM Yu - First-Class award of the 2011 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology)
Award Presentation Ceremony of MOE Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2011
First-class award in technology advancement
Prof. Yu Cheuk-man, Chairman, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, and Head, Division of Cardiology; Dr. Chan Yat-sun Joseph, Associate Consultant, Prof. Lam Yat-yin, Associate Professor, Prof. Lee Pui-wai Alex, Assistant Professor, Dr. Zhang Qing, Adjunct Associate Professor (honorary) and Dr. Fang Fang, Research Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
About the Project: Novel Echocardiographic Applications for Heart Failure – From Prevention to Treatment
Heart failure has become an important public health issue especially in an ageing society with increasing prevalence of cardiac diseases. Prof. Yu Cheuk-man's research team demonstrated the superiority of biventricular pacing over conventional right ventricular apical pacing in the prevention of the deterioration of left ventricular systolic function through the first international multicenter clinical trial (PACE) with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography. They established the 'Yu Index' that comprehensively elucidated the important role of systolic dyssynchrony in the prevalence, occurrence, progression and prognosis of heart failure. The team also developed a predicting prognosis for patients with heart failure and identified parameters derived from tissue Doppler imaging as new prognosticators. A total of 95 papers have been published in leading peer reviewed journals and cited for over 5,000 times. The results were introduced in various international conferences and a number of innovative findings have been implemented as standard methods in the field.
[Original source: Press Release on 29 March 2012, CUHK Communication and Public Relations Office Website http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press_detail.php?id=1281]