ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY IN THE HETEROTOPIC HEART-TRANSPLANT PATIENT

Authors
ARZOUMAN DA ARABIA FA SETHI GK COPELAND JG
Citation
Da. Arzouman et al., ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY IN THE HETEROTOPIC HEART-TRANSPLANT PATIENT, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(3), 1998, pp. 857-858
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
857 - 858
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:3<857:EBITHH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We present a technique for rapid and easy endomyocardial biopsy of the heterotopic transplanted heart. With a recent resurgence in heterotop ic heart transplantation, we believe that ours is a sound technique in obtaining both routine surveillance biopsies as well as evaluating '' right-sided pressures'' in the ''piggy-back'' heart. (C) 1998 by The S ociety of Thoracic Surgeons.