Comparison of fluoroscopic versus real-time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic guidance of endomyocardial biopsies

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Platts, David ^a   Brown, Martin ^a   Javorsky, George ^a   West, Cathy ^a   Kelly, Natalie ^a   Burstow, Darryl ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Endomyocardial biopsy; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BIOPTOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77955433924     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq036     Document Type: Article

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