Dr Hoong Sern Lim MB ChB MD FRCP

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Consultant Cardiologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer

Contact details

Telephone: +44 07768840013
Email: h.s.lim@bham.ac.uk

Dr Lim is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Cardiovascular Sciences with interest in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He is the Standards and Guidelines Committee Associate Chair of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and a member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) Heart Failure Task Force. Nationally, he is a member of UK Cardiogenic Shock Working Group, the Cardiothoracic Advisory Group and a Member of the Cardiology Medical Advisory Panel for the Department for Transport.

Dr Lim has research interest in heart transplantation, pulmonary circulatory physiology and mechanical circulatory support. He has presented at international conferences and published in this field.

Qualifications

Fellow of Royal College Physicians
MD 2005
MB ChB 1999

Teaching

Weekly medical student teaching (4^th year clinical)

Postgraduate supervision

Currently co-supervising MD student

Research

Clinical studies in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
Physiological studies of the pulmonary circulation.

Research Groups and Centres

Birmingham Platelet Group

Other activities

Dr Lim is the Associate Chair of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). In this role, Dr Lim oversees the development of international consensus documents and guidelines in the Society. In addition, Dr Lim is a member of the ISHLT Membership Task Force to develop a new membership structure for the Society, with the aim of improving access of clinicians from low or middle income countries to ISHLT resources.

Dr Lim is an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Reviewer for European Journal of Heart Failure, Circulation Heart Failure, ASAIO Journal and Artificial Organs.

Publications

Lim HS, Ranasinghe A, Chue C, Quinn D, Mukadam M, Mascaro J. Cardiac power output index and severe primary graft dysfunction after heart transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021; 35: 398-403.
Lim HS. Cardiac power output revisited. Circ Heart Fail 2020; 13: e007393.
Lim HS, Ranasinghe A, Chue C, Mascaro J. Two-year outcome of warfarin monotherapy in HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device: A single-center experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020; 39: 1149-51.
Rushton S, Parameshwar J, Lim HS, Dar O, Callan P, Al-Attar N, Tsui S, MacGowan G. The introduction of a super-urgent heart allocation scheme in the UK: a two-year review. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020; 39: 1109-17
Lim HS, Ranasinghe A, Mascaro J. The physiology of percutaneous right ventricular assist device – potential effects on ventilation-perfusion matching. ASAIO J 2020; 66: e31-2.
Lim HS, Gustaffson F. Pulmonary artery pulsatility index: physiological basis and clinical application. Eur J Heart Fail 2020; 22: 32-8.
Lim HS, Hsich E, Shah KB. ISHLT position statement on the role of right heart catheterization in the management of heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019; 38: 235-8.
Lim HS, Howell N, Ranasinghe A, Mascaro J. Discontinuation of aspirin in Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist devices. ASAIO 2019; 65: 631-3.
Lim HS, Howell N. Cardiogenic shock due to end-stage heart failure and acute myocardial infarction: Characteristics and outcome of temporary mechanical circulatory support. Shock 2018; 50: 167-72.
Lim HS. The effect of Impella CP on cardiopulmonary physiology during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. Artif Organs 2017; 41: 1109-12.