Another first! Bougainvillea Clinic cures abnormal heart rhythm
“Dr Mahendra Carpen with his team successfully performed ablation of an accessory electrical pathway in a patient’s heart that was responsible for causing frequent or periodic dangerous attacks of tachycardia,” Dr Vanterpool said during the first-anniversary dinner of the Dr Kendall Griffith Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory on Saturday, October 26, 2019.
“During such attacks, the patient’s heart suddenly starts beating at 160 to 200 beats per minute, causing a drop in blood pressure, feeling of faintness and occasionally loss of consciousness. Each such attack lasts from several minutes to several hours and could eventually lead to a heart attack or death,” he explained.
Dr Vanterpool said persons with the syndrome were born with abnormal electrical wiring of the heart.
“The abnormal electrical pathway is dormant most of the time, but from time to time becomes active, causing the attack of very rapid palpitations. The location of the abnormal pathway was carefully identified, and a brief attack of the palpitations was induced and terminated. The EP doctor was then able to carefully interrupt or ablate the pathway with radiofrequency energy.”
We are innovative
Dr Vanterpool said his clinic is always pushing the boundaries of medical services to residents of the territory and visitors.
“We thank you for coming to celebrate with us today as we again break new ground in the provision of cardiac care for our territory and the surrounding region,” he said.
Other first
The first time that the procedure of Radioactive Seed Implantation (known as Brachytherapy) was done in the Virgin Islands (VI) was on January 6, 2017, at the Bougainvillea Clinic, when a team of doctors and supportive personnel led by Dr Dwayne Thwaites successfully carried out the procedure on three patients.
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5 Responses to “Another first! Bougainvillea Clinic cures abnormal heart rhythm”
Isn't Dr Dwayne Thwaites a urologist? Why is he leading Cardiology procedures. Only in the BVI. Certainly not in the US. Stop using here for experiments.
“Dr Mahendra Carpen with his team successfully performed ablation of an accessory electrical pathway in a patient’s heart that was responsible for causing frequent or periodic dangerous attacks of tachycardia,” Dr Vanterpool said during the first-anniversary dinner of the Dr Kendall Griffith Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory on Saturday, October 26, 2019."
Now, the paragraph to which you reference Dr. Dwayne Thwaites is with regard to an entirely different procedure:
"Other first
The first time that the procedure of Radioactive Seed Implantation (known as Brachytherapy) was done in the Virgin Islands (VI) was on January 6, 2017, at the Bougainvillea Clinic, when a team of doctors and supportive personnel led by Dr Dwayne Thwaites successfully carried out the procedure on three patients."
Brachytherapy is a day surgery procedure where the surgeon implants small radioactive seeds (smaller than a grain of rice) into the prostate under a general anaesthetic. These deliver radiation to the cancer from inside the prostate.This falls under Dr. Thwaites' portfolio as a urologist.
Quit jumping to conclusions.