Publications by authors named "Mandie Townsend"
Aim: To investigate the patient characteristics, relationship between the Logistic EuroSCORE (LES) and the observed outcomes in octogenarians who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR).
Methods: Two hundred and seventy three octogenarians underwent AVR between 1996 and 2008 at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Demographics, acute outcomes, length of hospital stay and mortality were obtained.
A 63-year-old woman with a previous episode of Streptococcus agalactiae endocarditis requiring a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement presented with a short history of malaise, a right panopthalmitis with a Roth spot on funduscopy of the left eye and Streptococcus pneumoniae grown from vitreous and aqueous taps as well as blood cultures. She developed first degree heart block and her ECG was suggestive of an aortic root abscess. This gradually resolved over 6 weeks, during which she was treated with intravenous antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDoes atrial fibrillation beget ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
December 2008
Article Synopsis
- Atrial fibrillation (AF) is linked to higher mortality and post-myocardial infarction complications, with a focus on its potential role in causing ventricular arrhythmias.
- Five hundred patients with acute myocardial infarctions were monitored for arrhythmias and other health factors, with results tracked over an average of 5.5 years.
- The study found that patients with AF are at a significantly greater risk for developing ventricular fibrillation (VF), particularly if they arrive at the hospital with AF, which contributes to higher mortality rates, although AF does not correlate with ventricular tachycardia (VT).