Diagnostic use of the endomyocardial biopsy: A consensus statement

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 463, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Bruneval, Patrick ^b   Veinot, John ^c   Leone, Ornella ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial biopsy; Molecular pathology; Myocardium; Pathological analysis

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONSENSUS; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; CONSENSUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84879828029     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1430-4     Document Type: Review

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