Myocardial biopsy: Techniques and indications

Heart

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 950-958

  Francis, Rohin ^a   Lewis, Clive ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac imaging and diagnostics; heart failure; heart transplantation; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; EOSINOPHILIA; FAINTNESS; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYOCARDITIS; NERVE INJURY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; BIOPSY; CARDIAC MUSCLE; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; EOSINOPHILIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047259648     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311382     Document Type: Article

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