Cardiology

Kevin Patrick Jackson, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Campus mail Duke Box 3816, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 681-5441
Email address jacks121@mc.duke.edu

Research interests include:
- optimization of device timing for Cardiac Resynchronzation Therapy (CRT)
- novel cardiac imaging technologies for CRT
- catheter ablation versus anti-arrhythmic drug for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University, 2003 - 2007
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 2000 - 2003
  • M.D., Columbia University, 2000

Grants

Publications

Pokorney, SD, Yen, DC, Campbell, KB, Allen LaPointe, NM, Sheng, S, Thomas, L, Bahnson, TD, Daubert, JP, Picini, JP, Jackson, KP, Thomas, KL, and Al-Khatib, SM. "Dofetilide dose reductions and discontinuations in women compared with men." Heart Rhythm 15, no. 4 (April 2018): 478-484.

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29605013
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Friedman, DJ, Black-Maier, EW, Barnett, AS, Pokorney, SD, Al-Khatib, SM, Jackson, KP, Bahnson, TD, Ellis, CR, Atwater, BD, Lewis, RK, and Piccini, JP. "Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation for Treatment of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis." Jacc. Clinical Electrophysiology 4, no. 1 (January 2018): 112-120.

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29600775
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Black-Maier, E, Ren, X, Steinberg, BA, Green, CL, Barnett, AS, Rosa, NS, Al-Khatib, SM, Atwater, BD, Daubert, JP, Frazier-Mills, C, Grant, AO, Hegland, DD, Jackson, KP, Jackson, LR, Koontz, JI, Lewis, RK, Sun, AY, Thomas, KL, Bahnson, TD, and Piccini, JP. "Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction." Heart rhythm (December 5, 2017).

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29222043
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Wood, KA, Barnes, AH, Paul, S, Hines, KA, and Jackson, KP. "Symptom challenges after atrial fibrillation ablation." Heart & Lung : the Journal of Critical Care 46, no. 6 (November 2017): 425-431.

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28923248
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Black-Maier, E, Pokorney, SD, Barnett, AS, Zeitler, EP, Sun, AY, Jackson, KP, Bahnson, TD, Daubert, JP, and Piccini, JP. "Risk of atrioesophageal fistula formation with contact force-sensing catheters." Heart Rhythm 14, no. 9 (September 2017): 1328-1333.

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28416466
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Friedman, DJ, Liu, P, Barnett, AS, Campbell, KB, Jackson, KP, Bahnson, TD, Daubert, JP, and Piccini, JP. "Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased rotor burden in patients undergoing focal impulse and rotor modification guided atrial fibrillation ablation." Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (August 9, 2017).

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29016785
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Piccini, JP, Stromberg, K, Jackson, KP, Laager, V, Duray, GZ, El-Chami, M, Ellis, CR, Hummel, J, Jones, DR, Kowal, RC, Narasimhan, C, Omar, R, Ritter, P, Roberts, PR, Soejima, K, Zhang, S, Reynolds, D, and Micra Transcatheter Pacing Study Group, . "Long-term outcomes in leadless Micra transcatheter pacemakers with elevated thresholds at implantation: Results from the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System Global Clinical Trial." Heart rhythm 14, no. 5 (May 2017): 685-691.

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28111349
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Al-Khatib, SM, Belbase, S, Sauro, D, Brock, G, Brink, K, and Jackson, KP. "Inappropriate shocks in a patient with a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator." HeartRhythm case reports 2, no. 6 (November 2016): 478-483.

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28491741
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Pokorney, SD, Friedman, DJ, Calkins, H, Callans, DJ, Daoud, EG, Della-Bella, P, Jackson, KP, Shivkumar, K, Saba, S, Sapp, J, Stevenson, WG, and Al-Khatib, SM. "Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia: Lessons learned from past clinical trials and implications for future clinical trials." Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society 13, no. 8 (August 2016): 1748-1754.

PMID
27050910
Scholars@Duke

Vemulapalli, S, Hurwitz Koweek, LM, Kiefer, TL, Jackson, KP, and Piccini, JP. "Left atrial appendage to great cardiac vein fistula complicating watchman left atrial appendage closure." European heart journal 37, no. 20 (May 2016): 1602-.

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26553535
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