National survey of the use of endomyocardial biopsy in Japan

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 909-912

  Hiramitsu, Shinya ^a   Hiroe, Michiaki ^b   Uemura, Akihisa ^a   Kimura, Katsutomo ^a   Hishida, Hitoshi ^a   Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Endomyocardial biopsy; Mortality; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; INSTRUMENT; JAPAN; MORTALITY; PERFORATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0031647655     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.909     Document Type: Article

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