2 results match your criteria: "Mid-America Cardiology and University of Kansas Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Differences in complication rates between large bore needle and a long micropuncture needle during epicardial access: time to change clinical practice?
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
August 2015
From the Department of Cardiology, Mid-America Cardiology and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City (S.G., M.R., J.P., M.A., D.L.); Department of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco (N.B., R.L.); Department of Cardiology, Arizona Heart Rhythm Center, Phoenix (V.S.); Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY (L.D.); Department of Cardiology, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (S.M., P.M., A.N.); Nebraska Heart Institute, Lincoln (H.N.); Department of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (C.E.); Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston (A.R.); Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston (J.C.); and Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (K.B.).
Background: A dry epicardial access (EA) is increasingly used for advanced cardiovascular procedures. Conventionally used large bore needles (Tuohy or Pajunk needle; LBN) have been associated with low but definite incidence of major complications with EA. Use of micropuncture needle (MPN) may decrease the risk of complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharacterization of pleural effusion after left atrial appendage exclusion using the Lariat procedure.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
May 2015
Mid-America Cardiology and University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Background: The Lariat procedure is increasingly used for the exclusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. There are anecdotal reports of pleural effusions after the Lariat procedure. However, the incidence, demographics, and pathophysiology of these effusions are largely unknown.
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