The role of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy for idiopathic giant cell myocarditis

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 74-78

  Shields, Raymond C ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Berry, Gerald J ^b   Cooper, Leslie T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036092570     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2002.32196     Document Type: Article

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