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Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon
Sri Kota Specialist Medical Centre, Klang. 'Outcomes & Integrity'
UK GMC Specialist Register
UK NHS consultant
Aortic(AAA) & Carotid(Stroke prevention) specialist
Varicose veins
Leg Ulcers
Dialysis: AV fistula

WISHING ALL MY FELLOW BUDDHISTS, PATIENTS, FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES A PEACEFUL & CONTEMPLATIVE WESAK DAY.May you find the ti...
31/05/2026

WISHING ALL MY FELLOW BUDDHISTS, PATIENTS, FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES A PEACEFUL & CONTEMPLATIVE WESAK DAY.

May you find the time to reflect on the teachings of the Buddha, treat the ups & downs of the year past with equanimity & plan for a productive year ahead.





SO MUCH OF LIVING WELL IS DOWN TO SIMPLE, BASIC THINGS WE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN OR DROWNED OUT BY MODERN CITY LIVING...WE C...
29/05/2026

SO MUCH OF LIVING WELL IS DOWN TO SIMPLE, BASIC THINGS WE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN OR DROWNED OUT BY MODERN CITY LIVING...

WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES OF HOW TO LIVE WELL FOR LONGER...

IT OFTEN TAKES AN ANNUAL BREAK TO REINFORCE OUR TOP TIPS FOR LIVING BETTER FOR LONGER...

NO BETTER PLACE THAN CORNWALL....

Cornwall will always have a special place in our hearts. It was where I was an NHS Consultant during Covid lockdown, my son grew up surrounded only by pristine air, quiet streams & crystal seas... where we grew as a family

1. MOVE DAILY: Walking, running, gardening, tai chi, tennis... human bodies are designed to move not sit.. so get out & increase your heart rate!

2. BE NEAR TREES: It brings down your blood pressure, clears your lungs & calms your mind. The common thing in all of healthy elderly people is being surrounded by greenery.

3. PLANT & PROTECT TREES: You must stop complaining about heatwaves & do something about it. Everyone from Confucius to Attenborough says so... The climate crisis is real... and so much of our health is bound to it.

Our very own food supplies depend on birds & insects thriving in trees to pollinate our trees & crops ...

On our walk...

Wild strawberries
Wild garlic
Wild hazelnuts

Trees & plants protect us from the heat, reduce the heat & provide us with food & medicines... only if we have the attitude & action to protect them & keep planting them.

4. PRIORITISE FAMILY & FRIENDS: Earth's Blue Zones, where people live happy, long lives have strong community ties.

5. STIMULATE YOUR BRAIN WITH NEW IDEAS & EXPERIENCES DAILY: Whether it's art/books/talking to a stranger, do it everyday to stop dementia!

6. EAT MORE PLANTS, EAT WITH SOMEONE & MAKE YOUR OWN: Having more fruit, vegetables & fibre lowers your cholesterol.

Eating with someone has been shown to reduce portion sizes, over-eating & obesity. And it makes you feel better.

In Malaysia, it is so tempting to eat out all the time. By making your own meals, YOU control what you eat & how much. For eg, you reduce trans(re-fried) oils which drive inflammation & arterial disease.





IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK...ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DO WHEN I AM BACK IN THE UK IS TO PICK UP A COPY OF THE GUARDIAN ..I AM...
24/05/2026

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK...

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DO WHEN I AM BACK IN THE UK IS TO PICK UP A COPY OF THE GUARDIAN ..

I AM OFTEN ASKED WHAT I MISS MOST ABOUT LIFE IN BRITAIN & EUROPE IN GENERAL..

The quality of the print journalism, intelligently written, funny, incisive, free to ask important questions about how & where we live...

The clean, fresh air & protected green spaces.. where not every green space is seen as an opportunity for a property developer to pay someone off to build his next shopping mall or green-washed condominium...

And yes, the great pub lunch... a well-seared veal chop, triple-cooked chips & an ice-cold beer in a West London beer garden on a Bank Holiday weekend...

Yep, even in my scruffy, jet-lagged hair..

Next stop... Old friends & colleagues in Cornwall..





EMERGENCY VASCULAR SURGERY : HOW EARLY RECOGNITION OF ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA & EMERGENCY BYPASS SURGERY GOT THIS GERMAN PA...
16/05/2026

EMERGENCY VASCULAR SURGERY : HOW EARLY RECOGNITION OF ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA & EMERGENCY BYPASS SURGERY GOT THIS GERMAN PATIENT WALKING & HOME AGAIN..

ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA IS AN EMERGENCY. IT HAPPENS WHEN A CLOT EITHER TRAVELS FROM THE HEART OR OTHER PARTS OF THE ARTERIAL CIRCULATION OR FORMS AT THE SITE OF BLOCKAGE. EITHER WAY, IF IT BLOCKS A MAJOR ARTERY, THE PATIENT IS AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR LIMB.

This German cruise ship patient suddenly developed severe pain & numbness in his left leg after a hot afternoon touring Kuala Lumpur. He could not walk more than a few steps without pain in his left calf muscles(short distance claudication).

Symptoms & Signs of Acute Limb Ischaemia: See Slide 2.

You are at higher risk if you have Vascular risk factors such as an irregular heart beat, heart disease, diabetes, smoking or recent dehydration.

This patient had had a stent placed in his femoral(thigh) artery previously.

A CT angiogram showed a blocked femoral stent & crural arteries below his knee.

He was seen promptly by Mr Yow Kuan Heng, Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon . Mr Yow then performed an emergency 12-hour complex femdistal vein bypass & reconstruction which saved his leg.

Due to the severity of the blockage, Mr Yow had to not only remove clot but hard plaque & reconstruct his below knee arteries with a Tissue-Engineered Vascular bovine patch.

Then a period of meticulous post-operative care by Mr Yow & team on HDU.

Getting the patient up & walking again was only half the journey. The patient then needed an urgent repatriation flight with a medical team.

Mr Yow's previous experience in mountaineering & expedition medicine was invaluable in liaising with the German repatriation team for the complex logistical arrangements.

This requires knowledge of altitude physiology, medical kit & support in a cramped space on a long flight.

Mr Yow & his team were thus not only able to successfully perform a complex Vascular limb-saving operation but able to get Mr Muller safely & comfortably home to Germany.





HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FABULOUS MUMMIES OUT THERE!A healthy vegetarian breakfast my little man & I made for the w...
10/05/2026

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FABULOUS MUMMIES OUT THERE!

A healthy vegetarian breakfast my little man & I made for the wonderful woman in our life...

And her favourite coffee ...

To all the Nobel prize-winning/stay at home/warm dinners when you're tired & hungry/fierce looks when you've been naughty/extra time with Mandarin lessons/hugs even when you've lost the race Mothers wherever you are...

PS Healthy Mother's Day breakfast recipe :

2-egg omelette, fresh cut tomatoes, Yow family fusion garlic mushrooms

Fusion/Triple-glazed Garlic Mushrooms

5 large beef oyster mushrooms - sliced
1 large clove of garlic - cut into chunky pieces
Olive oil - 1 tablespoon
Butter - 2 cm slice

Sesame oil - 1 tablespoon
Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon

1. Put frying pan on stove with medium heat.
2. Melt butter into olive oil.
3. Lightly fry garlic. Do not let garlic burn.
3. Throw in mushrooms. Stir fry & allow garlic with oil to coat.
4. Once mushrooms brown slightly, sprinkle with sesame oil.
5. Add in soy sauce & turn heat to low.
6. Stir fry until juices from mushrooms seep out - 3 mins max
7. Crushed pepper onto mushrooms & serve hot.

Cooking & prep time - 15 mins. Serves 4. Or 3 hungry ones.

Trust me: The smoky nuttiness of the sesame oil work perfectly with the buttery garlic & caramelised soy on the mushrooms!

Serve up with freshly-made hot coffee, 2-egg omelette & freshly cut vine tomatoes.

A perfect & Vascular healthy Mother's Day breakfast!





LABOUR DAY VIBES: IT'S BEEN A TOUGH 3 WEEKS. I HAD A HUGE LOWER LIMB REVASCULARISATION CASE WHICH TOOK LOTS OF PLANNING,...
02/05/2026

LABOUR DAY VIBES: IT'S BEEN A TOUGH 3 WEEKS. I HAD A HUGE LOWER LIMB REVASCULARISATION CASE WHICH TOOK LOTS OF PLANNING, LOGISTICAL MANAGEMENT, LEADING TEAMS & THEN A 14-HOUR OPERATION FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF ICU CARE. THANKFULLY, WE SAVED BOTH THE PATIENT'S LEGS & HE IS SAFELY DISCHARGED BACK TO INDONESIA.

THAT CASE TOOK A LOT OUT OF ME. SO HOW DOES A VASCULAR SURGEON UNWIND?

By the same time-honoured formula & now supported by good research evidence:

1. Get out & move: Exercise is key to recharging & paradoxically, relaxing. All exercise which raises your heart rate & challenges your reflexes releases dopamine, a feel-good neuro-transmitter that improves your mood & mental health. Tennis does it for me.

2. Spend time with family & friends: The quality & warmth of your human relationships has been shown to be highest amongst people who live longer & better lives. It reduces the stress hormone, cortisol which provokes inflammation. Reducing inflammation is now seen as key to preventing heart disease & cancer. See the centenarians in Earth's Blue Zones.

3. Be curious & do something new regularly: Whether it's a day trip to a new place, meeting new people or testing a new coffee-shop, new experiences mean refreshing neuronal connections & staving off dementia.

One benefit of being born on the last day of April: The next day is always a public holiday wherever you are in the world.

And so it was totally gratifying to rest & rejuvenate with my family while showing solidarity with the fellow workers of the world over the May Day weekend!

To start, a nice steak restaurant with Dad, followed by tennis with my little man & then to a ridiculously pretentious coffee-shop tucked away in the green oasis of a 70s bungalow which my missus has a talent of finding...

The kind populated by hipsters that serves 22 varieties of coffee beans/blends & 4 types of tap water to go with your ridiculously-priced flat white ... and your yuzu cranberry cheese-cake...

It even had a ridiculously-pretentious name - ...

Another funny story for my memoirs ... but still a fab way of re-charging...





THIS IS REEZA LIM, MY OLD LA SALLIAN TENNIS TEAM-MATE FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL DAYS & CURRENT SPARRING PARTNER.I LED THE TE...
26/04/2026

THIS IS REEZA LIM, MY OLD LA SALLIAN TENNIS TEAM-MATE FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL DAYS & CURRENT SPARRING PARTNER.

I LED THE TENNIS TEAM IN LA SALLE KLANG & REEZA WAS OUR TOP-SEEDED PLAYER.. TOGETHER, WE WON THE SELANGOR STATE SCHOOLS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (MAJLIS SUKAN SEKOLAH SELANGOR : MSSS) FOR 2 YEARS RUNNING.

Reeza now coaches full-time & he uses modern techniques, having studied the techniques of the pros like Alcaraz & Sinner.

As my old friend & hitting partner, I said I would help get the word out there about his tennis coaching work as he has a large family & an autistic child to support..

Whether you are a beginner or have a child interested in tennis or an intermediate player who wants to get to the next level, Reeza has worked with all abilities & ages..

And he has a warm, easy-going personality who will get you enjoying tennis even more..

Reeza can travel to anywhere in the greater KL or Klang Valley area to suit your schedule & convenience.

You can reach him on:

0143409670

or social media :

Zeal 7 Consultancy

https://www.facebook.com/share/1JAEoQjwu7/

THIS IS NOT AN AD. JUST A SHOUT OUT FOR AN OLD FRIEND & FELLOW TENNIS PLAYER.





OUR INAUGURAL LE MAITRE SRI KOTA CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY SYMPOSIUM LAST SATURDAY : ATTENDED BY 30 FRONTLINE DOCTORS & INS...
26/04/2026

OUR INAUGURAL LE MAITRE SRI KOTA CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY SYMPOSIUM LAST SATURDAY : ATTENDED BY 30 FRONTLINE DOCTORS & INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS.

IT REALLY IS A BLAST WHEN YOU CAN HAVE TWO-WAY ENGAGEMENT WITH KEEN PROFESSIONALS TO EDUCATE ON WHY CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY IS SAFER THAN STENTS IN PREVENTION OF ISCHAEMIC STROKE FROM CAROTID STENOSIS.

Carotid stenosis is now the fastest rising cause of ischaemic strokes due to the diabetes pandemic.

Ischaemic strokes comprise 80% of all strokes.

I presented in greater detail how all international Stroke guidelines & Level One research evidence is clear that anyone with a mini-stroke, minor stroke & a stroke with recovery from lysis should have carotid surgery & NOT stents.

This is simply because stents have a higher stroke rate than surgery.

It was an honour & privilege to have such an enthusiastic audience from emergency doctors, internal medicine, Anaesthetics, GPs & even an Obstetrician attend our talk. We also had healthcare insurance professionals there to gain a better understanding of how carotid surgery prevents major strokes.

It was a pleasure to see Drs Gunavatty & Eugene Leong, my Endocrine and O&G Consultant colleagues from Sri Kota & Dr Suresh Soosay, a GP & ex-RCSI college-mate there.

Of note, , a leading healthcare educator & Allianz insurance manager whom I have been collaborating on our upcoming Decoding with Doctors podcasts.

With head models, we were able to demonstrate :

- how guidewires during stenting cause strokes
- techniques during carotid surgery that protect against strokes

I also talked about my 3 high risk but successful carotid endarterectomy(CEA) cases which showed how, in the right hands, CEA remains the gold standard in ischaemic stroke prevention.

These were :

- the 92-year old English mathematician
- the Indonesian with heart failure & half his brain circulation
- the recovered cancer patient who had multiple radiation-induced stenoses in his carotid & vertebral arteries.

All had TIAs/mini-strokes. All were at risk of imminent stroke. All had a CEA which prevented this.





SUNDAY MORNING VIBES: I GET PRESENTS & TREATS FROM GRATEFUL PATIENTS ALL THE TIME...LUNCH TREATS, POSH BISCUITS & CHOCO...
19/04/2026

SUNDAY MORNING VIBES: I GET PRESENTS & TREATS FROM GRATEFUL PATIENTS ALL THE TIME...

LUNCH TREATS, POSH BISCUITS & CHOCOLATES, WINE, BUTCHER'S STEAKS & SAUSAGES, MURUKKU, PAINTINGS, AN INVITE FOR A CUP OF TEA, LOTS OF THANK YOU CARDS, EVEN A MATRYOSHKA DOLL FROM ST PETERSBURG...

BUT THE ONE THING I TREASURE MOST ARE THE SMILES ON FACES OF THE PATIENTS I' VE OPERATED ON & THEIR FAMILIES ... WHETHER IT'S VARICOSE VEINS OR A LIFE-CHANGING ANEURYSM PROCEDURE.. A LIFE OR LIMB SAVED..

So it was a real pleasure to be invited out to have lunch by the Lim family a couple of weeks ago at a local Bah K*t Teh haunt...

I had operated on Mr Lim's splenic artery aneurysm. An arterial aneurysm can happen anywhere in the body.

The most common sites are in the aorta, the largest artery in the body, typically in the abdomen or chest: abdominal aortic aneurysms(AAA) or thoracic aortic aneurysms.

They can also occur in arteries of the body organs(visceral aneurysms) like the spleen or liver. Other sites include the leg arteries (femoral or popliteal aneurysms).

If aneurysms rupture, patients die. If aneurysms block, patients lose their leg.

Mr Lim had 2 aneurysms in the main artery to his spleen. The big one, at 4 cm, was about to rupture.

8 months ago, in a major operation, I removed the aneurysms & did a bypass to re-join his splenic artery. This saved his spleen, a vital organ that fights infection & cancer.

I can still remember the tears of relief & joy on Jenny's face, Mr Lim's wife, the night I told her her husband's surgery went well.. in fact better than expected.. we had managed to save the spleen.

The delight when she presented me with a painting she had created for me while waiting for the case to conclude.

The smiles in Ah Lek Bah K*t Teh on all their faces when I saw him again 8 months later.. well & happy...

Priceless...

It IS the reason I am a Vascular Surgeon... And every day I still do it, I am grateful..





13/04/2026

VARICOSE VEINS : TREAT THEM BEFORE THEY CAUSE SKIN DAMAGE IN YOUR LEGS!

VARICOSE VEINS CAN CAUSE LEG ULCERS.

In this video, Dr Yow Kuan Heng, Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon at Sri Kota Specialist Medical Centre explains why it is important to treat varicose veins at an early stage.

This is because over time, varicose veins cause :
- Leg swelling
- Dry skin
- Skin pigmentation
- Hardening of skin
- Ulceration & wounds
- Bleeding on minor trauma

In your lower legs or ankles.

The ulcer often becomes infected.

It is important that you do not have repeated washouts/dressings/long-term antibiotics without seeing a Vascular Surgeon.

Chronically infected leg ulcers often grow multi-drug resistant(MDR) bacteria. This means it will become increasingly difficult to treat ulcer infections with standard or even any antibiotics.

Hence, all international Vascular guidelines recommend early treatment of varicose veins.

There is now a minimally-invasive or keyhole method of treating varicose veins called Radio Frequency Ablation(RFA) which is recommended by evidence-based guidelines as first line treatment of varicose veins.

For more information or if you are concerned about your varicose veins, visit the website:

www.dryowvascularsurgeon.com

See a Vascular Surgeon early about your varicose veins. It will avoid pain, ulceration & much more expense at a later stage.





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Sri Kota Medical Centre, Jalan Mohet
Klang
41000

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 13:00

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+60322801334

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