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Dr. Ming-Yen Ng



Dr MY Ng

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, HKU

  • BMedSci (UK), BMBS (UK), FRCR (UK), FSCMR, FACC
email myng2@hku.hk
email HKU Scholar Hub
Research Interests
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Cardiac CT
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • Chest Imaging
Selected Publications
Journal Papers
  • MY Ng**, CY Chin, PM Yap, EYF Wan, JJSH Hai, SCW Cheung, HF Tse, C Bucciarelli-Ducci, DJ Pennell, KH Yiu. Prognostic Value of Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance with Adenosine Triphosphate Stress in Stable Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2021). 23, 75 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-021-00770-z
  • Chan JCY, Fung SY, Ching OH, Lee KC, Cheung CW, Ng MY (2021) Painless Asymptomatic Ascending Aortic Dissection with Four-Dimensional Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: a Case Report. Hong Kong Journal of Radiology 24:125-128
  • MY Ng**, ZYE Chan, CWS Chan. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Stress and Rest Perfusion with T1 Mapping: Is It Ready to Assess for Ischaemic Heart Disease? International Journal of Cardiology (2021). 335, p137-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.04.014
  • MY Ng**, J Poon, A Li. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Left Atrial Volumes and Function to Predict Appropriate Device Therapy and Death. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging (2021) Published online on 17th May 2021.
  • M Zhou, CK Wong, KC Un, YM Lau, JCY Lee, FCC Tam, Yee-Man Lau, WH Lai, AR Tam, YY Lam, P Pang, T Tong, M Tang, HF Tse, D Ho, MY Ng, EW Chan, ICK Wong, CP Lau, IFN Hung, CW Siu (2021) Cardiovascular sequalae in uncomplicated COVID-19 survivors. PLOS ONE 16:e0246732
  • Ng MY**, Wan EYF, Wong HYF, Leung ST, Lee JCY, Chin TWY, Lo CSY, Lui, MMS, Chan EHT, Fong AHT, Fung SY, Ching OH, Chiu KWH, Chung TWH, Vardhanbhuti V, Lam HYS, To KKW, Chiu JLF, Lam TPW, Khong PL, Liu RWT, Chan JWM, Wu KLA, Lung KC, Hung IFN, Lau CS, Kuo MD, Ip, MSM (2020) Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for COVID-19 Positivity in a Hospital Setting. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Published on 15th Sept 2020. (Impact 3.2; Rank in ‘INFECTIOUS DISEASE’ 38/93).
  • W Zhou, JCY Lee, ST Leung, Alta Lai, Tang-Fei Lee, JB Chiang, YW Cheng, HL Chan, KH Yiu, VKM Goh, DJ Pennell, MY Ng**. Long Term Prognosis of Patients with Coronary Microvascular Disease using Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging accepted for publication on 3rd September 2020. (Impact 12.7; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 1/129
  • Ng M**, Ferreira VM, Leung S et al (2020) Recovered COVID-19 Patients Show Ongoing Subclinical Myocarditis as Revealed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging Published in advance on 28th August 2020. (Impact 12.7; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 1/129
  • Chung TW, Sridhar S, Zhang AJ, Chan KH, Li HL, Wong FK, Ng MY, Tsang RK, Lee AC, Fan Z, Ho RS, Luk SY, Kan WK, Lam SH, Wu AK, Leung SM, Chan WM, Ng PY, To KK, Cheng VC, Lung KC, Hung IF, Yuen KY. (2020) Olfactory Dysfunction in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: Observational Cohort Study and Systematic Review. Open Forum Infect Dis 7:199
  • Chiu WHK, Vardhanabhuti V, Poplavskiy D Yu PLH, Du R, Yap AYH, Zhang S, Fong AHT, Chin TWY, Lee JCY, Leung ST, Lo CSY, Lui MMS, Fang BXH, Ng MY, Kuo MD. (2020) Detection of COVID-19 Using Deep Learning Algorithms on Chest Radiographs. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 35:369-376
  • MZ Wu, Y Chen, YJ Yu, Z Zhen, YX Liu, Y Zou, LM Ho, QS Lin, MY Ng, KSL Lam, HF Tse, KH Yiu. Sex-specific pattern of left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging. 
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeaa079 (Impact 5.26; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 13/129)
  • Wong HYF, Lam HYS, Fong AHT, ST Leung, TWY Chin, CSY Lo, MMS Lui, JCY Lee, KWH Chiu, T Chung, EYP Lee, EYF Wan, FNI Hung, TPW Lam, M Kuo, MY Ng**. Frequency and Distribution of Chest Radiographic Findings in COVID-19 Positive Patients. Radiology 2020; 296:E72–E78 (Impact 7.608; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 4/129)
  • B Leonardi , F Drago , C Caldarone , N Dadah , F Dallaire , C Drolet , J Grewal , E Hickey , P Khairy , G Lebovic , B McCrindle , S Nadeem , MY Ng, E Tham , J Therrien , A Van De Bruaene , IV Muhll , A Warren , K Yamamura , M Farkouh. Impact of Age and Sex on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Measurements After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair. JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging. Article in Press Feb 2020 (Impact 12.7; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 1/129)
  • MY Ng**, W Zhou , V Vardhanabhuti , CH Lee, EYT Yu, EYF Wan, K Chan, A Yan, TP Ip, KH Yiu, BJ Wintersperger. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance of Asymptomatic Type 2 Diabetics with Cardiovascular high risk (CATCH) – Pilot Study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 19, 42 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-020-01019-2 (Impact 5.948; Rank in ‘CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS' 19/136)
  • EYP Lee, MY Ng, PL Khong (2020). COVID-19 pneumonia, what has CT taught us? Lancet Infectious Diseases 20 (4) p384-385. (Impact 27.516; Rank in ‘INFECTIOUS DISEASES’ 1/89)
  • MY Ng, Elaine YP Lee, Jin Yang, Fangfang Yang, Xia Li, Hongxia Wang, Macy Mei-sze Lui, Christine Shing-Yen Lo, Barry Leung, Pek-Lan Khong, Christopher Kim-Ming Hui, Kwok-yung Yuen, and Michael David Kuo (2020)
    Imaging Profile of the COVID-19 Infection: Radiologic Findings and Literature Review. Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging 2020 2:1 (Launched in early 2019, no data yet)
  • MY Ng**, X Tong, J He, Q Lin, Lin Luo, Y Chen, X Shen, EYF Wan, A Yan, KH Yiu. (2020) Feature Tracking for Assessment of Diastolic Function by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Clinical Radiology 75 (4) pe1-321 (Impact 2.082; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 67/129)
  • Cai S, Wald R, Deva D, Kiaii, M, Ng MY, Karur GR, Bello O, Li, ZJ, Leipsic J, Jimenez-Juan L, Kirpalani A, Connelly KA, Yan AT. (2019) Cardiac MRI measurements of pericardial adipose tissue volumes in patients on in-centre nocturnal hemodialysis. Journal of Nephrology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-019-00665-4 (Impact 3.698; Rank in ‘UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY’ 13/80)
  • Ng M-Y**, Yap PM, Yiu KH (2019) Chronic kidney disease with elevated myocardial native T1 – Is this only due to myocardial fibrosis? IJC Heart & Vasculature 24:100403 (Impact 1.78; NO RANK DATA)
  • X Tong, VWY Li, APY Liu, EKF So, Q Chan, KKH Ho, JPW Yau, DKL Cheuk, YF Cheung, MY Ng**. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance T1 Mapping in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers: A Case-Control Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 12(4) Apr 2019. (Impact 5.813; Rank in ‘CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS' 20/136)
  • Gong IY, Ong G, Brezden-Masley C, Dhir, V, Deva, DP, Chan, KK. W, Graham, JJ, Chow, CM, Thavendiranathan, P, Dai, D, Ng, MY, Barfett, JJ, Connelly, KA, Yan, A. T. (2018) Early diastolic strain rate measurements by cardiac MRI in breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab: a longitudinal study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 10.1007/s10554-018-1482-2 (Impact 1.86; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 83/129)
  • Chan VSH, Zhou W, Cheung SCW, Ng MY** (2019) Native T1 mapping for the diagnosis of Anderson-Fabry disease with myocardial hypertrophy. Hong Kong Med J 25:252-253 e251-252 (Impact 1.588; Rank in ‘MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL’ 79/160)
  • Tay SY, Lao WT, Ng MY, Lin YC, Chung YH, Chan WP (2018) Practice Standards Developed and Quality Improvement for Use of Coronary CT Angiography in Taiwan. J Am Coll Radiol. 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.02.011 (Impact 3.785; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 25/129)
  • X Tong, J Poon, A Li, C Kit, A Yamada, K Shiino, LF Ling, YH Choe, J Chan, YK Lau, MY Ng**. (2017) Validation of cardiac magnetic resonance tissue tracking in the rapid assessment of RV function: a comparative study to echocardiography. Clin Radiol 73:324 e329-324 e318 (Impact 2.082; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 67/129)
  • KH Yiu, Y Chen, JH Liu, Q Lin, M Liu, M Wu, R Wang, Z Zhen, Y Zou, YM Lam, MY Ng, CP Lau, HF Tse. Burden and contributing factors associated with tricuspid regurgitation: a hospital-based study. Hospital Practice (1995) 45:209-214 (Impact 0.476; Rank in ‘MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL’ 69/102)
  • To AH, Li VW, Ng MY, Cheung YF (2017) Quantification of Pulmonary Regurgitation by Vector Flow Mapping in Congenital Heart Patients after Repair of Right Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: A Preliminary Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 10.1016/j.echo.2017.06.021 (Impact 6.111; Rank in ‘CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS’ 17/136)
  • Karur G, Wald R, Goldstein M R Wald, L Jimenez-Juan, M Kiaii , J Leipsic, A Kirpalani, O Bello, A Barthur, MY Ng , DP Deva, AT Yan. (2018) Association between conversion to in-center nocturnal hemodialysis and right ventricular remodeling. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 33:1010-1016 (Impact 4.198; Rank in ‘UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY’ 36/80)
  • JH Liu, MY Ng#, T Cheung, HY Chung, Y Chen, Z Zhen, Y Zou, KF Mak, PL Khong, CS Lau, HF Tse, KH Yiu. Ten year Progression of Coronary Artery, Carotid Artery and Aortic Calcification in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clinical Rheumatology 2017 36(4): 807-816. (Impact 2.293; Rank in ‘RHEUMATOLOGY’ 73/190)
  • G Cao, C Chen, Q Lin, Y Chen, Z Zhen, Y Zou, J Liu, M Wu, R Wang, M Liu, C Zhao, S Lu, MY Ng, HF Tse, KH Yiu. Prevalence, clinical characteristics and echocardiography parameters of non-resistant, resistant and refractory hypertension in Asian. Postgraduate Medicine 2017 129(2): 1897-192 (Impact 2.237; Rank in ‘MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL’ 55/160)
  • MY Ng**, Q Li, L Benson, E Horlick, R Wald. Aortic Coarctation following Aortic Valve Replacement - Problem Solving with Multimodality Cardiac Imaging. Cardiovascular Imaging Asia 2017;1;86-88
  • Deva, D. P., Hanneman, K., Li, Q., Ng, M. Y., Wasim, S., Morel, C. Iwanochko, R.M., Thavendiranathan, P., Crean, A. M. . Cardiovascular magnetic resonance demonstration of the spectrum of morphological phenotypes and patterns of myocardial scarring in Anderson-Fabry disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2016; 18(1): 1-10. (Impact 5.07; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 16/129)
  • MY Ng**, Y Karimzad, R Menezes, BJ Wintersperger, Q Li, J Forero, NS Paul, ET Nguyen. Randomized controlled trial of relaxation music to reduce heart rate in patients undergoing cardiac CT. Eur Radiol. 2016 26:10 p3635-3642 (Impact 3.962; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 20/129)
  • MY Ng**, A Boutet, S Carette, M de Perrot, RJ Cusimano, E Nguyen. Behcet’s disease presenting with cardiac and pulmonary masses. Can J Cardiol 2015; 31(9): 1204 e1205-1207. (Impact 5.592; Rank in ‘CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS’ 22/136)
  • MY Ng**, P Thavendiranathan, AM Crean, Q Li, D Deva. Left-sided patent ductus arteriosus in a right sided aortic arch. Case Reports in Radiology, vol. 2014, Article ID 896071, 3 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/896071 (Impact 7.608; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 4/129)
  • MY Ng**, W Flight, E Smith. Pulmonary Complications of Cystic Fibrosis. Clinical Radiology 2014;69;3;e153-162 (Impact 2.082; Rank in ‘RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING’ 67/129)
  • Ayantunde AA, Ng MY, Pal S, Welch NT and Parsons SL. Analysis of blood transfusion predictors in patients undergoing elective oesophagectomy for cancer. BMC Surgery 2008, 8:3 (Impact 1.775; Rank in ‘SURGERY’ 108/203)
Non Peer Reviewed Articles
Published Abstracts

  • MY Ng, Q Li, A Calleja, DP Deva, A Crean, C Gruner, RM Iwanochko, P Thavendiranathan Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2015, 17:42 Relationship between MRI Derived Right Ventricular Mass and Left Ventricular Involvement in Patients with Anderson-Fabry Disease

  • MY Ng, P Arora, B Rajashanker. Radiofrequency Ablation of Primary and Secondary Lung Cancers: Our Experience. Proceedings of UK Radiological Congress 2011, page 73 (E411)

  • MY Ng, C Loughran. Tumour Seeding following Percutaneous Biopsies in the Thorax: A review. Proceedings of UK Radiological Congress 2010, page 46 (P216)

  • A.Ayantunde, MY Ng, S Pal, S Parsons and N Welch. The impact of pre-operative anaemia on transfusion requirements and immediate post-operative outcomes in resected oesophageal cancers. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2006, vol 32, issue 9 p1027

  • A Ayantunde, S Pal, MY Ng, S Parsons and N Welch. An Audit of Blood Usage in Patients Undergoing Elective Oesophagectomy for cancer. Surgical Practice 2006; vol 10 (suppl) A76

Conference Proceedings

  • Relationship between MRI Derived Right Ventricular Mass and Left Ventricular Involvement in Patients with Anderson-Fabry Disease. MY Ng, Q Li, A Calleja, DP Deva, A Crean, C Gruner, RM Iwanochko, P Thavendiranathan. Presented at SCMR/ EuroCMR 2015

  • Cardiac Septal Defects: Illustration and Review of MRI and CT features supplemented by Echocardiography. S Kumar, MY Ng, C Hendry, A Chauhan, CK Liew, RW Bury. RSNA 98th Scientific Assembly, Chicago, USA, November 2012

  • Not just a “Kink in the Cord” Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation: An Emerging Entity. N Ramamurthy, MY Ng, I Kerr, C Coutinho, S Mathur. RSNA 98th Scientific Assembly, Chicago, USA, November 2012

  • Normal and Abnormal Coronary Artery Anatomy: Is it significant? ,MY Ng, S Kumar, CK Liew, RW Bury. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, March 2012

  • MRI of Cardiomyopathies: Scan Protocols, Imaging Findings and Key Features. MY Ng, S Kumar, CK Liew, RW Bury. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, March 2012

  • Impact of an Educational Programme on the Quality Control of CT Head Examinations. S Cronin, S Wadhwani, MY Ng, E Reid. UK Radiological Congress, June 2012

  • Simplifying Mosaic Attenuation on Thoracic CT. MY Ng, P Arora, J Whittaker, J Howells, S Kearney. RSNA 97th Scientific Assembly, Chicago, USA, November 2011

  • Radiofrequency Ablation of Primary and Secondary Lung Cancers: Our Experience. MY Ng, P Arora, B Rajashanker. UK Radiological Congress, Manchester, UK June 2011

  • Tumour Seeding following Percutaneous Biopsies in the Thorax: A review. MY Ng, C Loughran. UK Radiological Congress, Birmingham, UK, June 2010

Invited Lecture

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and its Phenocopies Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong, January 2014

  • CT Coronary Angiogram: The Basics Invited oral presentation at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Radiology Department, 18th September 2014

  • Cardiac MRI Sequences: Clinical Application and Optimisation Invited oral presentation at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Radiology Department, 16th October 2014 and invited oral presentation at the Hong Kong University – Shenzhen Hospital, China on 25th November 2014

  • Cardiac MRI Diastology – Ready for Primetime? Invited oral presentation at the Queen Mary Hospital Radiology Meeting, 4th November 2014

  • Optimising Cardiac CT and MRI images: What I find useful Invited speaker at the Hospital Authority Commissioned Training Program for Diagnostic Radiographers 2014/2015 on 10th January 2015

  • The Role of MRI in CRT Invited speaker at the CardioRhythm 2015 conference in Hong Kong on 30th January 2015

  • Cardiac CT and MRI - What a physician should know Invited speaker for the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Dedicated Continuing Medical Education Programme on 4th March 2015

  • MRI Basic Physics: Phase Velocity Encoding & Contrast Agent Characteristics Invited Speaker at the Hong Kong Cardiac MRI Teaching Course and Workshop on 28th March 2015