Why Do We Not Perform Routine Endomyocardial Biopsies in Childhood Cardiomyopathy?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1249-1251

  Parisi, Francesco ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 70450225246     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.08.010     Document Type: Editorial

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