OPEN-CHEST MYOCARDIAL BIOPSY - A SIMPLE AND SAFE METHOD

Authors
COVINO E PISANI A SPAMPINATO N
Citation
E. Covino et al., OPEN-CHEST MYOCARDIAL BIOPSY - A SIMPLE AND SAFE METHOD, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 39(1), 1998, pp. 103-105
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
103 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1998)39:1<103:OMB-AS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The authors describe a simple method to perform left ventricular biops ies during open heart surgery. An automatic gun shaped device is used by one hand of the surgeon: the sample is obtained in a few seconds, a t any time of the surgical procedure. It consists of a transmural piec e of tissue, averaging 18 mm(3) in quantity. The device has been used in 20 patients who underwent coronary artery revascsularization. All t he biopsies were successful. No complications occurred.