Repeated endomyocardial biopsy without complication in an infant after heart transplantation

H B Wiles; J T Bricker; D A Cooley; M R Nihill; O H Frazier; F Waldenberger; D G McNamara

Repeated endomyocardial biopsy without complication in an infant after heart transplantation

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1986 Apr;91(4):637-8.

Authors

H B Wiles, J T Bricker, D A Cooley, M R Nihill, O H Frazier, F Waldenberger, D G McNamara

PMID: 3515053

Abstract

Endomyocardial biopsy is necessary for accurate diagnosis of rejection after heart transplantation. This case illustrates the safe use of repeated endomyocardial biopsies in an infant after heart transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Graft Rejection
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Infant
Myocardium / pathology*

Abstract

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