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Ten-year experience with endomyocardial biopsy in myocarditis presenting with congestive heart failure: frequency, pathologic characteristics, treatment and follow-up.
Giornale italiano di cardiologia - 1 Mar 1997
Arbustini E, Gavazzi A, Dal Bello B, Morbini P, Campana C, Diegoli M, Grasso M, Fasani R, Banchieri N, Porcu E, Pilotto A, Ponzetta M, Bellini O, Lucreziotti S, Viganò M
Abstract excerpt
The present study summarizes our ten-year (1985-1995) experience with endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in patients with idiopathic congestive heart failure (CHF), with specific reference to frequency of myocarditis, treatment policy, relative benefits, and follow-up. Of the 601 patients who constituted our series, 38 were clinically suspected of having myocarditis on the bases of a very recent onset of congestive...
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