"Needle-in-needle" epicardial access: Preliminary observations with a modified technique for facilitating epicardial interventional procedures

Heart Rhythm. 2015 Jul;12(7):1691-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.03.045. Epub 2015 Mar 28.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial tachycardia; Epicardial access; Pericardial bleeding; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / surgery*
  • Atrial Appendage / surgery
  • Catheter Ablation / instrumentation*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications* / diagnosis
  • Intraoperative Complications* / etiology
  • Intraoperative Complications* / surgery
  • Male
  • Materials Testing
  • Middle Aged
  • Needles*
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
  • Pericardium / surgery*
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage* / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage* / etiology
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage* / surgery
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States
  • Wound Closure Techniques / instrumentation*