New Scenarios in Heart Transplantation and Persistency of SARS-CoV-2 (Case Report)
Life, 2023 Heart transplantation is a treatment of choice for patients with severe heart failure. Infection transmission from a donor to a recipient remains a prominent problem in organ transplantation.
Lubov Mitrofanova +7 more
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“Borderline” myocarditis: An indication for repeat endomyocardial biopsy [PDF]
, 1990 Repeat endomyocardial biopsy was performed in 28 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy of ≤12 months' duration and either symptomatic heart failure or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
Dec, G. William +3 more
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Giant cell myocarditis in an older patient – reassessing the threshold for endomyocardial biopsy
ESC Heart Failure, 2020 Giant cell myocarditis is a rare form of autoimmune myocarditis with high morbidity and mortality that affects mainly middle‐aged adults. We report a case study of a 70‐year‐old man on chronic immunosuppression who presented with sustained ventricular ...
Milan Dusík +8 more
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Report of results of pleural biopsy (Needle biopsy and open biopsy) in 108 cases and 245 biopsies [PDF]
, 1960 1. The results of 245 pleural biopsies perfomed in 108 patients including 219 pleural needle biopsies and 26 pleural open biopsies were reported. The method of pleural biopsy seems to be superior to any other currently available diagnostic procedures for
Sohn, Isaack, Mc, Lt. Col.
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Fulminant Myocarditis: When One Size Does Not Fit All – A Critical Review of the Literature
European Cardiology Review, 2023 Fulminant myocarditis, rather than being a distinct form of myocarditis, is instead a peculiar clinical presentation of the disease. The definition of fulminant myocarditis has varied greatly in the last 20 years, leading to conflicting reports on ...
Andrea Silvio Giordani +10 more
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Indirect pathological indicators for cardiac sarcoidosis on endomyocardial biopsy [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2020 Background The definitive pathologic diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis requires observation of a granuloma in the myocardial tissue. It is common, however, to receive a “negative” report for a clinically probable case. We would like to advise pathologists
Myung-Jin Cha +6 more
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Complications of endomyocardial biopsy in children [PDF]
, 1999 OBJECTIVESTo evaluate the incidence of, and risk factors for, complications of endomyocardial biopsy in children.BACKGROUNDEndomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is a low risk procedure in adults, but there is a paucity of data with regard to performing this ...
Pophal, Stephen G +7 more
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Is the diagnosis of myocarditis a kazus for the doctor?
Лечащий Врач, 2021 The review provides a modern approach to the diagnosis of myocarditis and its applicability for the conditions of routine medicine practice. Diagnostic work-up in myocarditis is multistage and requires integration of clinical symptoms, laboratory and ...
E. A. Temnikova +2 more
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High sensitivity of late gadolinium enhancement for predicting microscopic myocardial scarring in biopsied specimens in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BACKGROUND: Myocardial scarring can be assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with late gadolinium enhancement and by endomyocardial biopsy.
Tetsuo Konno +9 more
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Return to work in heart failure patients with suspected viral myocarditis
SAGE Open Medicine, 2017 Background: Endomyocardial biopsy is considered as the gold standard in patients with suspected myocarditis. We aimed to evaluate the impact of bioptic findings on prediction of successful return to work.
Rona Reibis +6 more
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