Routine Performance of Endomyocardial Biopsy Decreases the Incidence of Orthotopic Heart Transplant for Myocarditis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1261-1266

  Hill, Kevin D ^a   Atkinson, James B ^b   Doyle, Thomas P ^a   Dodd, Debra ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; OKT 3; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450223338     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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