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Endomyocardial biopsy (procedure)

Known as: Endomyocardial Biopsy 
Removal of myocardial tissue for microscopic examination, usually taken from the right heart using a transvenous approach.
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Abnormalities in intramyocardial arteries detected in cardiac transplant biopsy specimens and lack of correlation with abnormal intracoronary ultrasound or endothelial dysfunction in large epicardial…
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Coronary sinus sampling of cytokines after heart transplantation: evidence for macrophage activation and interleukin-4 production within the graft.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Vascular rejection and its relationship to allograft coronary artery disease.
We have prospectively monitored 268 patients by our previously described method of routine immunofluorescence of endomyocardial… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Clinical heart transplantation without routine endomyocardial biopsy.
In a prospective clinical study, routine endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) for early detection of cardiac allograft rejection was… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Ischemic cardiomyopathy: endomyocardial biopsy and ventriculographic evaluation of patients with congestive heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Noninvasive detection of human cardiac transplant rejection with indium-111 antimyosin (Fab) imaging.
Diagnosis of rejection after cardiac transplantation is currently made by right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy. To evaluate… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Mildly dilated congestive cardiomyopathy.
Five patients with only mildly dilated ventricles but other features typical of congestive cardiomyopathy underwent cardiac… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Radionuclide angiography and endomyocardial biopsy in the assessment of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity
Thirty‐eight patients with a mean age of 53.2 years (19 to 75 years of age), who were receiving doxorubicin (D) for malignant… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Enzymic analysis of endomyocardial biopsy specimens from patients with cardiomyopathies.
Myocardial biopsies have been obtained from patients with hypertrophic or congestive cardiomyopathies. Marker enzymes for the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Angina pectoris with normal coronary arteries. Transvenous myocardial biopsy in diagnosis.
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