Endomyocardial biopsy in the heterotopic heart transplant patient. 1998

D A Arzouman, and F A Arabia, and G K Sethi, and J G Copeland
Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Heart Center, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724, USA.

We present a technique for rapid and easy endomyocardial biopsy of the heterotopic transplanted heart. With a recent resurgence in heterotopic 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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D004699 Endocardium The innermost layer of the heart, comprised of endothelial cells. Endocardiums
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001706 Biopsy Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body. Biopsies
D016027 Heart Transplantation The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another. Cardiac Transplantation,Grafting, Heart,Transplantation, Cardiac,Transplantation, Heart,Cardiac Transplantations,Graftings, Heart,Heart Grafting,Heart Graftings,Heart Transplantations,Transplantations, Cardiac,Transplantations, Heart
D016042 Transplantation, Heterotopic Transplantation of tissue typical of one area to a different recipient site. The tissue may be autologous, heterologous, or homologous. Heterotopic Transplantation,Heterotopic Transplantations,Transplantations, Heterotopic

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