Month: April 2014

Kansas City, Kan., police reports

March 11
Theft, auto, 2400 block of State, 2004 GMC Sierra, $9,000 value.
Theft, criminal damage, 4400 block of Fisher, 1990 Chevy truck, retaining wall, three support beams for carport, $6,700 value.
Theft by deception, 200 block of North 13th, currency, $300 value.
Theft by deception, 1500 block of North 22nd, currency, $348 value.
Burglary, 100 block of Viewcrest Drive, purse, cash, credit-debit cards, driver’s license, $74 value.
Burglary, criminal damage, 200 block of South Valley, door, sofa, chair, $2,100 value.
Burglary, 2800 block of South 46th, three rifles, $800 value.
Burglary, criminal damage, 200 block of North 83rd, television, door, frame, laptop computer, $1,629.88 value.
Burglary, criminal damage, 1700 block of Lake, window pane, $150 value.

March 9
Criminal use of financial card, 1400 block of South 50th, cash, $200 value.
Burglary, 1800 block of Village West Parkway, iPad, $500 value.

March 8
Criminal use of financial card, 5500 block of Leavenworth Road, debit card, gas, miscellaneous, $213 value.

March 7
Theft, 2500 block of Central, 2000 Ford Mustang, $3,200 value.

Feb. 22
Theft by deception, 7200 block of Hasbrook, cash, $285 value.

Feb. 18
Burglary, criminal damage, 600 block of South 71st, furnace, refrigerator, $5,437 value.

Jan. 15
Identity theft, 3200 block of North 103rd Terrace.

Study conducted at KU Hospital suggests nonsurgical fix could replace open heart surgery

Results from a groundbreaking study performed at The University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan., give a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart’s main gate, without open-heart surgery.

The results were revealed at the American College of Cardiology’s 2014 Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C., and are being published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The University of Kansas Hospital is one of only 45 national sites, and the only local site, participating in this landmark study which showed more patients were alive at one year if they received a new minimally-invasive heart device called the Core Valve, compared to patients who had traditional open-heart surgery. The study shows 19 percent of the surgery patients and only 14 percent of those given a Core Valve had died, a statistically significant finding.

Several hundred thousand Americans have a bad aortic valve, which can stiffen and narrow with age, keeping blood from passing through as it should. Until now, the only solution was a major operation to open the chest, cut out the bad valve and sew in a new one. The Core Valve system is inserted through an artery in the leg and then guided through the arteries into the heart at the site of the original aortic valve. Once in place the Core Valve system expands into place of the original valve and takes over its function.

“It’s absolutely a game-changer,” said Dr. Trip Zorn, a cardiothoracic surgeon at The University of Kansas Hospital. “This technology has offered us an option for those who had no surgical option, that medicine was their only therapy.”

Dr. Zorn said older patients, or patients at high or extreme risk for surgery can now get this treatment, which also leads to significant improvements in their quality of life, according to the study.

To see a KU Hospital video about the nonsurgical heart treatment, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2gSM-sU4Gw.

– Story from KU Hospital

Sex offender gets 65-year sentence

Cheryl Nicholson, also known as Charles Nicholson, was sentenced Friday in Wyandotte County District Court to a controlling term of 65 years in prison. Judge Wesley K. Griffin imposed the sentence.
Nicholson pleaded guilty on Feb. 14, 2014, to two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy in connection with the sexual abuse of two children, ages 6 and 10, which occurred over a period of months in 2012 and January. Aggravated criminal sodomy is a severity level I person felony.
Assistant District Attorney Logan McRae prosecuted the case for the state of Kansas.