Real-time magnetic resonance imaging guidance improves the yield of endomyocardial biopsy
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Background In current practice, the diagnostic yield of endomyocardial biopsy is low because the procedure is performed ‘blind’ using X-ray fluoroscopy guidance and because many pathologies affect the myocardium in a patchy distribution. We hypothesized that biopsy performed under direct realtime MRI guidance would have superior diagnostic yield, in an animal model of focal myocardium pathology.
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Real-time magnetic resonance imaging guidance improves the diagnostic yield of endomyocardial biopsy.
BACKGROUND Diagnostic yield of endomyocardial biopsy is low, particularly in disease that affects the myocardium in a non-uniform distribution. We hypothesized that real-time MRI guidance could improve the yield through targeted biopsy of focal myocardial pathology. METHODS An animal model of focal myocardial pathology was created by infusing 3mL of fluorescent microspheres (NuFlow Hydrocoat,...
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