Abstract
The ability to make direct, in vivo histopathologic diagnoses of myocardial diseases by transcatheter endomyocardial biopsy is an intriguing concept. In recent years, the indications for endomyocardial biopsy have expanded from the detection of cardiac transplant rejection to include a wide range of cardiac disorders, 1 Nippoldt TB Edwards WD Holmes DR Jr Reeder GS Hartzler CO Smith HC Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy: clinicopathologic correlates in 100 consecutive patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 1982; 57: 407-418 PubMed Google Scholar for example, myocarditis, amyloid, sarcoidosis, and hemochromatosis. In the hands of experienced operators, myocardial biopsy techniques of either the right 1 Nippoldt TB Edwards WD Holmes DR Jr Reeder GS Hartzler CO Smith HC Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy: clinicopathologic correlates in 100 consecutive patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 1982; 57: 407-418 PubMed Google Scholar or the left 2 Brooksby IAB Jenkins BS Davies MJ Swanton RH Coltart DJ Webb-Peploe MM. Left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy I: description and evaluation of the technique. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1977; 3: 115-121 Crossref PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar ventricle have a very low complication rate.
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