Datuk Dr. David Tang, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at UCSI Hospital, emphasized that age alone should not be a barrier to open heart surgery.
Many people assume that once individuals reach their 80s, open heart surgery becomes too risky or is entirely ruled out. This, however, is a common misconception. Being an octogenarian, aged between 80 and 89, is not in itself, a valid reason to deny conventional open heart surgery. Cardiac surgeons today routinely evaluate and operate on patients in this demographic, often achieving excellent outcomes. What matters significantly more than chronological age is the patient's overall physical condition, including heart function, renal health, lung capacity, and nutritional status, a comprehensive assessment known as a frailty evaluation.
Admittedly, age does introduce added considerations. Older patients may present with more complex diseases, require longer recovery periods, and have a higher prevalence of comorbidities that must be carefully factored in. Nevertheless, modern surgical techniques, advanced anesthetic protocols, and specialized cardiac care teams have made it increasingly viable to offer life-saving procedures, such as valve replacements or bypass surgery—to octogenarians with acceptable risks and meaningful improvements in quality of life.
The ultimate goal is always to match the right treatment to the right patient. If you or a loved one in your 80s has been told that surgery is "not an option due to age," it is strongly advisable to seek a second opinion from a specialized cardiac surgery center.
Lepas ni memang kena alert habis dengan perangai manusia macam ni.
Semalam datang beli makanan dekat 7E, bayar guna RM50 untuk barang harga RM6.90.
Baki RM43.10 memang dah dipulangkan dan diletakkan atas meja cashier.
Dalam rakaman CCTV pun jelas nampak dia sendiri ambil duit baki tu dan simpan dalam beg.
Lepas tu boleh pula sambung beli barang lain harga RM18.80, dan masa tu lah dia mula buat perangai konon-konon baki belum dapat.
Padahal dalam CCTV terang-terang nampak dia dah ambil duit tu.
Siap berani ugut nak call polis lagi, seolah-olah dia yang betul.
Bila diminta nombor telefon untuk selesaikan hal ni, nombor yang diberi pula tak dapat dihubungi, tulisan pun entah apa-apa sampai nampak sangat nak mengelat.
Jenis muka tak malu, dah salah tapi masih nak menipu dan pusing cerita.
Jadi lepas ni, memang kena extra hati-hati dengan spesis macam ni, sebab depan-depan boleh buat cerita seolah-olah cashier yang salah, padahal dia sendiri yang cuba ambil kesempatan.
@mynewshub another lesson is ,as a cashier please give balance hand to hand. you are in customer service job and eye contact is important .Some customer know how to manipulated the situation
🚨🇹🇷 BREAKING: André Onana to Trabzonspor, here we go! 🫱🏻🫲🏿
New loan deal verbally agreed as Onana is not part of #MUFC plan for next season and Trabzon are ready to re-sign him.
Trabzonspor to pay loan fee to United as details being sorted then done, as @yagosabuncuoglu reports.
Senarai penuh 56 calon Barisan Nasional (BN) bagi Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Johor:
N.01: Buloh Kasap - Datuk Zahari Sarip
N.02: Jementah - See Ann Giap
N.03: Pemanis - Anuar Abd Manap
N.04: Kemelah - K. Ravin Kumar
N.05: Tenang - Mohd Azahar Ibrahim.
N.06: Bekok - Tan Chong.
N.07: Bukit Kepong - Ahmad Syar’e Yusof
N.08: Bukit Pasir - Ir. Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh
N.09: Gambir - Sahrihan Jani.
N.10: Tangkak - Datuk Haw Chin Teck.
N.11: Serom - Nadirah Afiqah Abdull Rahim.
N.12: Bentayan - Chua Lee Huat
N.13: Simpang Jeram - Datuk Azman Ismail.
N.14: Bukit Naning - Mohd Ghazali Sabari @ Atan
N.15: Maharani - Datuk Ashari Md Sarip.
N.16: Sungai Balang - Selamat Takim.
N.17: Semerah - Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid.
N.18: Sri Medan - Datuk Zulkurnain Kamisan.
N.19: Yong Peng - Ling Tian Soon.
N.20: Semarang - Datuk Samsolbari Jamali.
N.21: Parit Yaani - Datuk Mohamad Najib Samuri
N.22: Parit Raja - Nor Rashidah Ramli.
N.23: Penggaram - Boo Chin Liong
N.24: Senggarang - Mohd Yusla Ismail.
N.25: Rengit - Mohd Zaidi Japar.
N.26: Machap - Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
N.27: Layang-Layang - Chua Jian Boon
N.28: Mengkibol - Yap Zhi Peng.
N.29: Mahkota - Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah
N.30: Paloh - Lee Ting Han.
N.31: Kahang - V. Rugendran
N.32: Endau - Alwiyah Talib.
N.33: Tenggaroh - Mohd Youzaimi Yusof.
N.34: Panti - Dr Muhammad Naqib Md Ghazali.
N.35: Pasir Raja - Datuk Seri Adham Baba.
N.36: Sedili - Muzaidee Makmor.
N.37: Johor Lama - Norliza Noh.
N.38: Penawar - Fauziah Misri.
N.39: Tanjung Surat - Aznan Tamin.
N.40: Tiram - Datuk Abdul Halim
Suleiman.
N.41: Puteri Wangsa - Teow Chia Ling
N.42: Johor Jaya - Chan San San
N.43: Permas - Baharudin Mohamed Taib.
N.44: Larkin - Mohd Hairi Mad Shah
N.45: Stulang - Bong Seng Heng
N.46: Perling - Pannir Selvam
N.47: Kempas - Datuk Ramlee Bohani.
N.48: Skudai - Tan Hiang Kee.
N.49: Kota Iskandar - Pandak Ahmad.
N.50: Bukit Permai - Datuk Jafni Md Shukor
N.51: Bukit Batu - R. Kumaran
N.52: Senai - Tai Chee Chee
N.53: Benut - Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan.
N.54: Pulai Sebatang - Hasrunizah Hasan
N.55: Pekas Nanas - Tan Eng Meng
N.56: Kukup - Md Israk Abdullah
- MalaysiaGazette
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I'm about the same age maybe a year older 64 in a few months
Training for health is not the same as training for the sport of bodybuilding which relies on drugs. It's not something that can give one long term health in most cases but you can sell a shitloads of supplements to consumers
Taking meds even TRT is foolish in my opinion. Don't follow their example it's a poor choice
Siapa Sebenarnya Paul Phua?
Anak kelahiran Sarawak ini didakwa mengendalikan sindiket perjudian atas talian terbesar di dunia.
Dari mana datang pengaruh dan kekayaan yang menjadikan Paul Phua terkenal di peringkat antarabangsa?
Murid Menangis, Didakwa Dibuli Dalam Tandas Sekolah; Polis Dan JPN Sabah Siasat Video Tular
Oleh Mynewshub
TENOM – Tular di media sosial rakaman memaparkan seorang murid dalam keadaan menangis dipercayai menjadi mangsa buli di sebuah sekolah di kawasan pedalaman Sabah, sekali gus mencetuskan kebimbangan orang ramai.
Video berdurasi kira-kira satu minit 30 saat yang mula tersebar sejak Selasa itu menunjukkan mangsa dipercayai ditarik rambut sebelum dibawa ke tandas oleh seorang lagi murid.
Dalam rakaman sama, mangsa turut dilihat seolah-olah digertak sebelum diarahkan mencuci muka selepas menangis.
Insiden tersebut mengundang pelbagai reaksi netizen, dengan ramai meminta tindakan segera diambil bagi memastikan keselamatan pelajar serta mengelakkan kejadian seumpamanya berulang.
Seorang pemilik akaun yang berkongsi video berkenaan mendakwa kejadian itu berlaku di daerah Tenom.
Ketua Polis Daerah Tenom, Superintenden Azmir Abd Razak ketika dihubungi media mengesahkan pihak polis telah menerima laporan berhubung kejadian tersebut.
Menurut beliau, siasatan sedang dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti fakta sebenar insiden berkenaan.
“Laporan diterima pagi tadi dan pegawai penyiasat sedang melakukan siasatan. Perkembangan lanjut akan dimaklumkan kemudian,” katanya.
Dalam perkembangan sama, Pengarah Pendidikan Negeri Sabah, Datuk Raisin Saidin memaklumkan pihaknya turut mengambil maklum mengenai video tular tersebut dan sedang menunggu laporan lengkap sebelum tindakan susulan diputuskan.
Setakat ini, belum ada kenyataan rasmi berhubung status murid yang terlibat atau tindakan disiplin yang akan dikenakan.- MYNEWSHUB