Contribution and risks of left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy in patients with cardiomyopathies: A retrospective study over a 28-year period

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1531-1541

  Chimenti, Cristina ^a,b   Frustaci, Andrea ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

biopsy; cardiomyopathies; complications; diagnosis; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STORAGE DISEASE; THORAX PAIN;

BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIOPSY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84885022083     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.13.001414     Document Type: Article

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