Yuva Patrkaar: A 77-year-old man set a Guinness World Record as the longest-living triple heart bypass patient. Previously, the record was held by Delbert Dale McBee of the United States, who died in 2015 at the age of 90 – 41 years and 63 days after the operation.

Colin Hancock, 77, of the UK has set a Guinness record as the longest-living triple heart bypass patient. Which means. Colin Hancock is still in good health despite undergoing triple heart bypass surgery 3 times.

Colin Hancock At the age of 30, Colin started having chest pains, due to which he had to undergo triple heart bypass surgery. Doctors warned him that his age could be a factor. Not only this, doctors also warned about the possibilities of battling heart problems throughout life. But, now aged 77, Colin has surprised everyone by staying solid and resilient.

According to Guinness World Records, on 4 August he completed 45 years and 361 days of operation. Thereby making him the world's longest surviving triple heart bypass patient.

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Colin Hancock's surgery

Colin has familial hypercholesterolemia. Which is a genetic disease. Which causes high cholesterol and coronary heart disease.

Something is wrong. He came to know about this when, while running, he felt a sharp pain in the middle of his chest. Then once, while walking up a steep hill, he remembered the feeling of an elastic band tightening around his chest.

On the insistence of his wife, he went to a doctor. He thanks Dr. Snyder, who insists on getting Colin an exercise ECG. Lacking an exercise ECG machine at the time, Colin ran up and down the stairs until he felt a heaviness in his chest, which was the beginning of angina. When another ECG was taken thereafter, the graph was "all over the place".

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In March 1977, Colin visited a heart consultant who inserted a central catheter into his chest. Then, he was taken to a different hospital for "wiring up". Feeling more confident after seeing the effectiveness of the operations, Colin went to the hospital. He was processed three days later. In this way, his heart underwent surgery 3 times. Eventually all three of his surgeries were successful and he was discharged 12 days after the operation.

As far as recovery is concerned. He worked out to be completely fit and also returned to his job as an accountant.

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