Diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy: Which role for endomycardial biopsy?;Cardiomiopatia dilatativa: Quando è indicata e cosa chiedere alla biopsia endomiocardica

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 419-425

  Perkan, Andrea ^a   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^a   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Psicologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; BIOPSY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; HUMAN; MYOCARDIUM; PATIENT SELECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS;

EID: 0036275146     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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