2011 Consensus statement on endomyocardial biopsy from the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology and the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-274

  Leone, Ornella ^a   Veinot, John P ^b   Angelini, Annalisa ^c   Baandrup, Ulrik T ^c   Basso, Cristina ^c   Berry, Gerald ^c   Bruneval, Patrick ^c   Burke, Margaret ^c   Butany, Jagdish ^c   Calabrese, Fiorella ^c   D'Amati, Giulia ^c   Edwards, William D ^c   Fallon, John T ^c   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Gallagher, Patrick J ^c   Halushka, Marc K ^c   McManus, Bruce ^c   Pucci, Angela ^c   Rodriguez, E René ^c   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^c   Sheppard, Mary N ^c   Steenbergen, Charles ^c   Stone, James R ^c   Tan, Carmela ^c   Thiene, Gaetano ^c   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^c   Winters, Gayle L ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Consensus; Heart; Molecular biology; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84863722410     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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