The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3076-3093

  Cooper, Leslie T ^a   Baughman, Kenneth L ^a   Feldman, Arthur M ^a   Frustaci, Andrea ^a   Jessup, Mariell ^a   Kuhl, Uwe ^a   Levine, Glenn N ^a   Narula, Jagat ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey ^a   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Myocarditis; Scientific statements; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOBUTAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYSERGIDE; SEROTONIN; TRASTUZUMAB;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FABRY DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; HYPERSENSITIVITY MYOCARDITIS; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDITIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SCLERODERMA; STORAGE DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VIRUS GENOME;

BIOPSY; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149050464     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm456     Document Type: Review

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