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Dr Wong Teck Wee

"Eat your FOOD as your MEDICINES, or else you have to eat MEDICINES as FOOD"

Disclaimer: The info shared ON this PAGE is for educational purposes only. Brief CV of Dr Wong Teck Wee
MBBS (Melb), FRCP (Edin), FAMS (Cardiology, Singapore), MRCP (UK), AM (Mal), FSCAI (USA), FNHAM

DR. WONG TECK WEE was a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Physician at Hospital Serdang and an Associate Professor of Medicine at UPM before joining iHEAL Medical Centre as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Physician. His passion is in early disease detection and prevention. His fields of interest are weight management, heart failure management; geriatric or aged care cardiology, interventional cardiology and cardiac multislice computed tomography. He is a proponent of preventive vaccinations in elderly and patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, heart failure and stroke. He was the scientific chairman of the World Congress of Healthy Ageing 2012 supported by WHO, the first of its kind incorporating mainstream and complementary medicine with the goal of holistic care. Currently, he is the EXCO member of Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society, an NGO championing preventive health for elderly. He has spent more than 15 years overseas for his medical training and work. He graduated with MB, BS from University of Melbourne, under the Australian EMSS (Equity and Merit Scholarship Scheme). Following his early training for 3 years in UK, he went on to obtain MRCP (Membership of the Royal College of Physician United Kingdom) in 1999, FRCP (Fellowship of Royal College of Physician Edinburgh). He completed Singapore Cardiology Advanced Specialist Training and was admitted as a fellow of the Academic Medicine of Singapore for Cardiology in Aug 2004. Here, he developed a major interest in heart failure disease management, where he championed a team at Tan Tock Seng Hospital that cared for more than 2000 patients. There, he cared for SARS patients during the worldwide SARS outbreak in 2003. Subsequently, he completed cardiovascular interventional fellowship at the National Heart Centre, Singapore. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. He is registered as a specialist in cardiology and internal medicine with NSR (National Specialist Register, Malaysia) and Singapore Ministry of Health. He was Research Investigator of many multinational clinical trials. With numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, he has been invited as faculty to lecture in regional/international Cardiology conferences. He played a key role in establishing the weight management programme at Hospital Serdang. His interest in alternative therapy such as hypnotherapy complements his medical management. He has a Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH). He uses principles of hypnosis in managing patients with anxiety, stress and insomnia associated with heart diseases. SERVICES
At iHeal Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, he provides comprehensive evaluation of the heart and its function, including 12-Lead Electrocardiography, Treadmill Stress Test, Echocardiography, stress echocardiography, Trans-Oesophageal Echocardiography 24-Hour Holter ECG and ambulatory Blood Pressure nonitoring, and Cardiac CT. This is in addition to standard Cardiology procedures offered such as Coronary Angiography, Angioplasty and Percutaneous Intervention. Dr Wong mostly practices radial angioplasty in 99% of his cases where the access is the radial artery in the wrist rather than the femoral artery. Radial approach has lower bleeding and local complication rates. He also sees patient for risk assessment of ischemic heart disease, sudden cardiac death, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart failure, arrthymia (Atrial fibrillation, SVT etc), bacterial endocarditis and valvular heart disease. He works with experienced cardiac surgeons and other cardiology subspecialties to bring his patients the best results when they require surgery, including Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Mitral Valve Repair, Mitral Valve Replacement, Aortic Valve Replacement, Aortic Root Replacement, Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Tricuspid Valve Repair, Tricuspid Valve Replacement, Pulmonary Valve Surgery, Pulmonary Embolectomy, Pneumonectomy, Lung Cancer Surgery, Pericardial Effusion Drainage and Surgery, Pericardiectomy, Left Ventricular Remodeling Surgery, GUCH-grown up congenital heart disease (ASD, VSD, PDA etc) and Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. He practices evidence-based and collaborative medicine to achieve the best outcome for his patients. His motto is “Longevity with good quality of life at the lowest cost”. As a qualified internal physician, he is well versed in managing all the common risk factors for heart disease such as hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, smoking and sedentary lifestyle. Therefore, patient can save the cost of seeing multiple specialist with varying medications that may cause the problem of polypharmacy. WARNING : PERHATIAN: Pihak Cardiologist Malaysia tidak akan bertanggungjawap langsung ke atas komen-komen yang diberikan oleh pembaca kami. Sila pastikan anda berfikir panjang terlebih dahulu sebelum menulis komen anda disini. Pihak kami juga tidak mampu untuk memantau kesemua komen yang ditulis disini. Segala komen adalah hak dan tanggungjawap anda sendiri.

25/11/2025
Who is qualified?
24/11/2025

Who is qualified?

When everyone acts like a doctor, no one truly takes responsibility. And in that chaos, the patient always loses.

Normal science cannot explain this
23/11/2025

Normal science cannot explain this

One twin was dying. A nurse broke protocol and put them together. What happened next changed medicine.

Brielle and Kyrie Jackson were born 12 weeks premature in October 1995 at The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts. They each weighed around 2 pounds. Hospital policy required keeping them in separate incubators to prevent infection.

Kyrie, the slightly larger twin, adapted well. But Brielle didn't. She had breathing problems, an unstable heart rate, and critically low oxygen levels. On November 12th, her condition crashed. Her skin turned bluish-gray. Her heart rate skyrocketed. Medical staff tried every conventional treatment. Nothing worked.

Nurse Gayle Kasparian made a decision. She'd heard about "co-bedding" being used in Europe. It wasn't done in the U.S., but she was out of options. With the terrified parents' permission, she placed Brielle in the incubator with Kyrie for the first time since birth.

Immediately, Brielle snuggled against her sister and began to calm. Her blood-oxygen readings shot up. Her breathing eased. As she fell asleep, Kyrie wrapped her tiny arm around her struggling sister. Brielle's heart rate stabilized. Her temperature normalized. Her color returned.

The photograph of Kyrie's arm around Brielle became famous as "The Rescuing Hug." When it appeared in Life magazine and Reader's Digest in 1996, it sparked widespread adoption of co-bedding for premature multiples. Over 100 sets of twins were co-bedded at that hospital alone, with zero cases of infection.

The twins went home healthy before Christmas. They continued sleeping together for years. One nurse's willingness to try something unconventional saved a life and changed how hospitals treat premature babies.

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Freak accidents during rainy days
22/11/2025

Freak accidents during rainy days

She was injured last month when a tree fell on her during a heavy storm.

My ❤️ patients target LDL ranged from 1 to 1.4 mol using WFPB diet and medicine.The research evidence for non-surgical a...
20/11/2025

My ❤️ patients target LDL ranged from 1 to 1.4 mol using WFPB diet and medicine.

The research evidence for non-surgical atherosclerotic plaque regression is substantial and well-established, primarily driven by intensive lipid-lowering therapy (statins and newer agents) and, to a lesser extent, comprehensive lifestyle modification.

The original view that atherosclerosis was an irreversible process has been overturned by numerous clinical trials over the last two decades.

Here is a summary of the key research evidence:

1. Pharmacological Intervention: Intensive Lipid-Lowering
The most robust and consistent evidence for non-surgical plaque regression comes from studies on lipid-lowering drugs, particularly those that achieve very low levels of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C).

A. Statins (HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors)

Key Findings: Multiple large-scale randomized trials using invasive imaging (primarily Intravascular Ultrasound, or IVUS) have consistently demonstrated that high-intensity statin therapy can reduce the overall volume of atherosclerotic plaque (known as Total Atheroma Volume or TAV).

Key Trials: Trials like ASTEROID, REVERSAL, and SATURN showed that when LDL-C is aggressively lowered (often to targets below 70 mg/dL or even below 80 mg/dL), a measurable percentage of patients experience plaque volume reduction.

Plaque Composition: High-intensity statins also induce favorable changes in the composition of the plaque, making it less vulnerable to rupture (stabilization). They achieve this by:

Reducing the highly dangerous non-calcified (soft, lipid-rich) plaque volume.

Increasing the fibrous and calcified portions of the plaque, creating a thicker, more stable "cap" over the lipid core.

B. Newer Lipid-Lowering Agents (PCSK9 Inhibitors)

Key Findings: Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, which are often added to maximal statin therapy, push LDL-C levels even lower. Studies have shown they provide incremental effects on plaque regression and further reduction of plaque lipid content, achieving even greater reduction in atheroma volume than statins alone.

Imaging Trials: These trials underscore the principle that the lower the LDL-C, the greater the likelihood of regression.

C. Mechanism of Regression

The research shows that non-surgical regression involves key biological mechanisms:

Lipid Removal: Reducing plasma cholesterol concentrations promotes Reverse Cholesterol Transport (RCT), effectively drawing excess lipids out of the plaque and reducing the necrotic core.

Anti-Inflammation: Statins and other agents reduce inflammation within the plaque, which is a major driver of plaque growth and instability.

Endothelial Repair: Improved lipid profiles promote the repair of the arterial wall lining (endothelium).

2. Lifestyle Intervention: Comprehensive Modification
While the drug-based evidence is the most quantifiable in terms of volume change, strong evidence also exists for the impact of intensive lifestyle changes, sometimes without any medication.

Key Trials: The groundbreaking Lifestyle Heart Trial demonstrated that comprehensive lifestyle changes alone could induce plaque regression in patients with severe coronary artery disease. The required changes were:

Extremely low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet (fat restricted to ≤10% of total calories).

Smoking cessation.

Moderate exercise (e.g., walking 30 minutes daily).

Stress management (e.g., group support and yoga).

Meta-Analyses: Subsequent meta-analyses have reinforced that intensive lifestyle modifications can indeed slow progression and promote regression of coronary and carotid atherosclerotic burden.

Practical Challenge: The research notes that while effective, the high level of adherence required for such intensive lifestyle programs makes them challenging for most patients to maintain long-term in the real world.

🧐Summary of Evidence
Strategy Primary Mechanism Key Evidence Type Measurable Outcome (Via IVUS/OCT/CCTA)
High-Intensity Statins Intensive LDL-C lowering, Anti-inflammation Multiple large-scale IVUS/OCT Randomized Trials (ASTEROID, SATURN) Reduction in Total Atheroma Volume (TAV) and non-calcified plaque.
PCSK9 Inhibitors Extreme LDL-C lowering Add-on trials showing incremental benefit. Greater reduction in TAV, further stabilization of the plaque fibrous cap.

🔥Intensive Lifestyle Diet, exercise, stress reduction Small-scale definitive trials (Lifestyle Heart Trial), Meta-analyses Plaque regression and stabilization possible without drugs.

⭕️In conclusion, the research evidence is conclusive: non-surgical atherosclerotic plaque regression is achievable. It is primarily achieved through highly aggressive pharmacological management to drive down LDL-C to very low targets, often in conjunction with comprehensive and sustained lifestyle changes.

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Justice

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Brief CV of Dr Wong Teck Wee MBBS (Melb), FRCP (Edin), FAMS (Cardiology, Singapore), MRCP (UK), AM (Mal), FSCAI (USA), FNHAM DR. WONG TECK WEE was a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Physician at Hospital Serdang and an Associate Professor of Medicine at UPM before joining iHEAL Medical Centre as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Physician. He was also the head of cardiology unit at medical department, UPM. His passion is in early disease detection and prevention. His fields of interest are weight management, heart failure management; geriatric or aged care cardiology, interventional cardiology and cardiac multislice computed tomography. He is a proponent of preventive vaccinations in elderly and patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, heart failure and stroke. He was the scientific chairman of the World Congress of Healthy Ageing 2012 supported by WHO, the first of its kind incorporating mainstream and complementary medicine with the goal of holistic care. Currently, he is the EXCO member of Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society, an NGO championing preventive health for elderly. He has spent more than 15 years overseas for his medical training and work. He graduated with MB, BS from University of Melbourne, under the Australian EMSS (Equity and Merit Scholarship Scheme). Following his early training for 3 years in UK, he went on to obtain MRCP (Membership of the Royal College of Physician United Kingdom) in 1999, FRCP (Fellowship of Royal College of Physician Edinburgh). He completed Singapore Cardiology Advanced Specialist Training and was admitted as a fellow of the Academic Medicine of Singapore for Cardiology in Aug 2004. Here, he developed a major interest in heart failure disease management, where he championed a team at Tan Tock Seng Hospital that cared for more than 2000 patients. There, he cared for SARS patients during the worldwide SARS outbreak in 2003. Subsequently, he completed cardiovascular interventional fellowship at the National Heart Centre, Singapore. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. He is registered as a specialist in cardiology and internal medicine with NSR (National Specialist Register, Malaysia) and Singapore Ministry of Health. He was Research Investigator of many multinational clinical trials. With numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, he has been invited as faculty to lecture in regional/international Cardiology conferences. He played a key role in establishing the weight management programme at Hospital Serdang. His interest in alternative therapy such as hypnotherapy complements his medical management. He has a Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH). He uses principles of hypnosis in managing patients with anxiety, stress and insomnia associated with heart diseases. SERVICES At iHeal Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, he provides comprehensive evaluation of the heart and its function, including 12-Lead Electrocardiography, Treadmill Stress Test, Echocardiography, stress echocardiography, Trans-Oesophageal Echocardiography 24-Hour Holter ECG and ambulatory Blood Pressure nonitoring, and Cardiac CT. This is in addition to standard Cardiology procedures offered such as Coronary Angiography, Angioplasty and Percutaneous Intervention. Dr Wong mostly practices radial angioplasty in 99% of his cases where the access is the radial artery in the wrist rather than the femoral artery. Radial approach has lower bleeding and local complication rates. He also sees patient for risk assessment of ischemic heart disease, sudden cardiac death, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart failure, arrthymia (Atrial fibrillation, SVT etc), bacterial endocarditis and valvular heart disease. He works with experienced cardiac surgeons and other cardiology subspecialties to bring his patients the best results when they require surgery, including Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Mitral Valve Repair, Mitral Valve Replacement, Aortic Valve Replacement, Aortic Root Replacement, Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Tricuspid Valve Repair, Tricuspid Valve Replacement, Pulmonary Valve Surgery, Pulmonary Embolectomy, Pneumonectomy, Lung Cancer Surgery, Pericardial Effusion Drainage and Surgery, Pericardiectomy, Left Ventricular Remodeling Surgery, GUCH-grown up congenital heart disease (ASD, VSD, PDA etc) and Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. He practices evidence-based and collaborative medicine to achieve the best outcome for his patients. His motto is “Longevity with good quality of life at the lowest cost”. As a qualified internal physician, he is well versed in managing all the common risk factors for heart disease such as hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, smoking and sedentary lifestyle. Therefore, patient can save the cost of seeing multiple specialist with varying medications that may cause the problem of polypharmacy.