Near‐field impedance accurately distinguishes among pericardial, intracavitary, and anterior mediastinal position

DA Burkland, AV Ganapathy, M John… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Epicardial catheter ablation is increasingly used to treat arrhythmias with an
epicardial component. Nevertheless, percutaneous epicardial access remains associated …

Confirming pericardial access by using impedance measurements from a micropuncture needle

M John, A Post, DA Burkland, BD Greet… - Pacing and Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pericardial access is complicated by two difficulties: confirming when the
needle tip is in the pericardial space, and avoiding complications during access, such as …