endomyocardial biopsy

endomyocardial biopsy
sampling of the endomyocardial tissue with a bioptome inserted percutaneously and advanced via the femoral or internal jugular vein to the right heart or via the femoral artery to the left heart; used to assess cardiac transplant rejection or anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity, and sometimes in diagnosing myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, or infiltrative diseases.

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