Endomyocardial biopsy in diagnosis of cardiomyopathies.

Endomyocardial biopsy in diagnosis of cardiomyopathies.

The Konno bioptome, adapted to the intracardiac catheter, has been used in 64 patients in the differential diagnosis ofcardiomyopathies, as an additional diagnostic method during standard right heart catheterization and angiocardiography. In the specific instance of endomyocardial fibrosis the Konno biopsy enables histological diagnosis in life. Not surprisingly, in advanced cases dense collage...

[Endomyocardial biopsy].

Endomyocardial Biopsy

Examination of fragments of right or left ventricular endomyocardium recovered during cardiac catheterization (endomyocardial biopsy) remains an important tool in the detection of transplant rejection and identification of specific disease process that cause primary myocardial dysfunction . This chapter focuses on the currently available techniques for endomyocardial biopsy and reviews the dise...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Complication after Endomyocardial Biopsy

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Antemortem diagnosis of an endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy.

Endomyocardial breast cancer metastases are extremely rare and have previously been diagnosed antemortem only through median sternotomy and cardiotomy. We report a case of endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis which was diagnosed antemortem by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy.