Dr. Benny's Heartsmart

Dr. Benny's Heartsmart Aware of your heart! Be heart smart! living angioplasty

Heart diseases especially Coronary Artery Disease is rising globally and is the number one cause of death worldwide. This page is created to increase the awareness of this disease, ways and lifestyle changes that can prevent this disease and various treatment options for this disease.

24/11/2025

Celebrating my 12th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

Stroke in a young person A young lady in her 20’s presented with stroke. No predesposing conditions exist. The so called...
20/11/2025

Stroke in a young person

A young lady in her 20’s presented with stroke. No predesposing conditions exist. The so called cryptogenic stroke.

This is the situation when one has to look for a condition, Patent Foramen Ovale( PFO).

Normally a communication between the two upper chambers of the heart ( Foramen Ovale) exists during fetal life and it should close after birth.

Unfortunately it may remain open in some individuals, that is PFO.

Such a communication between right atrium and left atrium can lead to passing of small blood clots from right to left side of the heart that may eventually landup in brain causing a stroke.

Our young stroke patient is found to have a PFO.

Her PFO is demonstrated by a saline bubble contrast Trans Esophageal Echocardiogram.

This involves passing an endoscope like echo transducer down her esophagus (food pipe) and peeks at her heart from very close ( ordinary echo looks from far and may not see this) while injecting agitated saline with micro bubbles to her vein , and look if the bubbles reach her left sided heart chamber thus demonstrating the presence of PFO.

Closing the PFO using a catheter based procedure will make sure no future strokes happen to her.

16/11/2025

Honoured and delighted to receive this citation from the Embassy of the Philippines

Learning never ends for a doctor! It’s always exciting to learn new skills and adopt them in your daily practice. I foun...
15/11/2025

Learning never ends for a doctor!

It’s always exciting to learn new skills and adopt them in your daily practice. I found a new friend and Mentor in Hong Kong.

Dr. William Hau from Chinese University of Hong Kong, an expert in Intra Vascular Ultrasound ( IVUS).

Updates from Hong Kong❤️Intracoronary imaging ( literally looking at the inside of the coronary arteries) is the new nor...
15/11/2025

Updates from Hong Kong❤️

Intracoronary imaging ( literally looking at the inside of the coronary arteries) is the new normal for putting a stent !

Or do we need stents any more?
Drug Coated Balloons will soon become the norm in treating coronary artery blocks without leaving a metal mesh unlike the stents! Met a daring lady from Malaysia who is doing wonders in this direction, Dr. Chen-Ting Tan

Contrast free Angioplasty guided by intracoronary ultrasound is another exciting option suitable for people with Kidney disease who can’t tolerate radiographic contrasts .

Traveling to Hong Kong tomorrow. Happy to attend this course.
12/11/2025

Traveling to Hong Kong tomorrow. Happy to attend this course.

It was an honour to welcome H. E. Raul Hernandez , Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines during his visit to Badr Al...
20/10/2025

It was an honour to welcome H. E. Raul Hernandez , Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines during his visit to Badr Al Samaa Royal Hospital.

09/10/2025

What’s the risk of engaging in very heavy exercise?

World Heart Day 2025
30/09/2025

World Heart Day 2025

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