Comparative evaluation of left and right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy: Differences in complication rate and diagnostic performance

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 900-909

  Yilmaz, Ali ^a   Kindermann, Ingrid ^b   Kindermann, Michael ^b   Mahfoud, Felix ^b   Ukena, Christian ^b   Athanasiadis, Anastasios ^a   Hill, Stephan ^a   Mahrholdt, Heiko ^a   Voehringer, Matthias ^a   Schieber, Michael ^a   Klingel, Karin ^c   Kandolf, Reinhard ^c   Böhm, Michael ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

biopsy; cardiomyopathy; endomyocardial fibrosis; magnetic resonance imaging; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; AGED; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956379922     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.924167     Document Type: Article

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