Echocardiographic guidance for endomyocardial biopsy

Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-474

  Drury, John H ^a   Labovitz, Arthur J ^a   Miller, Leslie W ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo; Endomyocardial; Heart transplant; Right ventricle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030824251     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00754.x     Document Type: Article

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