Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Townsley is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist specializing in pediatric and congenital cardiac anesthesiology

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2022 Extubation Failure After Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt Placement: Why Does It Occur and How Can It Be Prevented?.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  36:4037-4038. 2022
    2022 Perioperative Implications of the 2020 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Focused Review.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  36:2143-2153. 2022
    2022 Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  36:1132-1147. 2022
    2022 The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2021.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  36:940-951. 2022
    2022 Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training for Anesthesiologists: Is it Time to Embrace and Attain Competency?.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  36:30-32. 2022
    2021 Imaging Cardiac Amyloidosis: An Update for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  35:1911-1916. 2021
    2021 Endovascular Versus Open Aortic Reconstruction: A Comparison of Outcomes.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  35:1875-1883. 2021
    2021 Lung Ultrasound in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Complementary Tool for Predicting and Identifying Postoperative Pulmonary Complications.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  35:1369-1370. 2021
    2021 Implications of Carotid Arterial Plaque Assessment by Ultrasound for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist: An Overview of the 2020 American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for the Assessment of Carotid Arterial Plaque by Ultrasound for the Characterization of Atherosclerosis and Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  35:987-990. 2021
    2021 The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2020.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  35:993-1005. 2021
    2021 Appraising the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract: An Ongoing Challenge.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  35:796-798. 2021
    2020 Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Road to Enhanced Recovery.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:3373-3375. 2020
    2020 Imaging Considerations for the Athletically Conditioned Heart: An Echocardiography-Focused Overview of the 2020 American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations on the Use of Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in Young Adult Competitive Athletes.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:2867-2870. 2020
    2020 Implications of Congenital Coronary Anomalies for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist: An Overview of the 2020 American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Multimodality Assessment of Congenital Coronary Anomalies.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:2291-2296. 2020
    2020 Aortic Stenosis and Noncardiac Surgery in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:2234-2244. 2020
    2020 Steroids for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Can We Put the Discussion to Rest?.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:1548-1549. 2020
    2020 Analyzing the Data for Steroids in Cardiac Surgery.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:106-107. 2020
    2020 The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2019.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  34:1-11. 2020
    2019 Steroids for Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Clinical Update.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  33:2039-2045. 2019
    2019 Tetralogy of Fallot: Perioperative Management and Analysis of Outcomes.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  33:556-565. 2019
    2019 Clinical Update in Pericardial Diseases.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  33:184-199. 2019
    2019 The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2018.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  33:2-11. 2019
    2018 Decreasing Time to Place and Teach Double-Lumen Endotracheal Intubation: Engaging Anesthesia in Lean.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery.  106:1512-1518. 2018
    2018 Prophylactic Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation—Still Searching for Answers.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  32:2074-2076. 2018
    2017 Fontan Palliation for Single-Ventricle Physiology: Perioperative Management for Noncardiac Surgery and Analysis of Outcomes.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  31:2296-2303. 2017
    2017 Do Institution-Level Blood Utilization and Blood Management Initiatives Meaningfully Impact Transfusion Practices in Cardiac Surgery?.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  125:731-733. 2017
    2016 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Rotational Cannula Catastrophe: A Role of Echocardiography in Rescue.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  30:720-724. 2016
    2016 Decreasing the preincision time for pulmonary lobectomy: The process of lean and value stream mapping.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery.  101:1110-1115. 2016
    2015 Incremental value of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in the assessment of a thrombus in transit through a patent foramen ovale 2015
    2015 Con: Prophylactic Preoperative Use of an Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Is Not Indicated in High-Risk Coronary Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.  29:534-535. 2015
    2015 Anesthesia and Imaging for Advanced Circulatory Support.  Advances in Anesthesia.  33:17-37. 2015
    2014 Echocardiographic assessment of systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  118:1197-1201. 2014
    2010 Cleft posterior mitral valve leaflet: Identification using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.  Anesthesia and Analgesia.  111:1366-1368. 2010

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2019 Anesthetic Considerations for Patients with Pericardial Disease.  575-591. 2019
    2019 Anesthetic Management for the Surgical and Interventional Treatment of Aortic Valvular Heart Disease.  312-344. 2019
    2018 Anesthesia for percutaneous mechanical assist devices.  135-150. 2018
    2013 Anesthetic Considerations for Patients with Pericardial Disease.  571-586. 2013
    2013 Anesthetic Management for the Surgical Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease.  319-358. 2013

    Research Overview

  • Analysis of perioperative outcomes in congenital heart surgery, development of educational programs for trainees in congenital cardiac anesthesiology

    • Full Name

  • Matthew Townsley