Publications by authors named "Aleisha Easton"
Heart failure is a major healthcare problem in New Zealand. The Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) Registry was introduced in 2015, and has identified the need for quality improvement strategies to improve care of patients hospitalised with heart failure. In this paper, we describe the implementation of the revised ANZACS-QI Heart Failure Registry, which has a primary aim to support evidence-based management of and quality improvement measures for patients who are hospitalised with heart failure in New Zealand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recurrent Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is not uncommon but experience with TS recurrence is inherently limited by the infrequency of the condition itself and incomplete long-term follow-up. There is limited published data on the clinical features and outcomes of patients with recurrent TS. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with recurrent TS in a large Auckland cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPericardial effusion and tamponade in the context of herpes zoster: a novel occurrence.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
January 2023
Article Synopsis
- The article discusses the common conditions of pericarditis and pericardial effusion, noting that they typically do not lead to cardiac tamponade.
- It presents a case of a 59-year-old woman whose symptoms and medical history suggested a VZV infection leading to cardiac complications.
- The findings indicate that varicella zoster virus should be considered in similar cases, especially when patients show signs of a dermatomal rash along with hemodynamic instability.