Performing a myocardial biopsy in a cardiac transplant patient with a persistent left superior vena cava

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Aug 1;74(2):295-7. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21944.

Abstract

The life expectancy of patients with congenital heart disease is increasing. Thus, as the prevalence of adults with congenital heart disease increases, invasive cardiologists will have more exposure to these patients and will benefit from expertise in the anatomy of congenital heart defects. We present a case of performing right heart catheterization and myocardial biopsy in a cardiac transplant patient with a history of multiple congenital defects including a persistent left superior vena cava.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery*
  • Adult
  • Biopsy / methods*
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Phlebography
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging