Vnitr Lek 1995, 41(6):385-389

[Endomyocardial biopsy in cardiopathy of unknown origin].

J Fabián, I Slugen, S Mizera, D Danis, R Kohn, J Pacák, Z Schreinerová, E Schrameková, M Pavlovic

Ustav kardiovaskulárnych chorôb, Bratislava.

The authors described their experiences with endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in 21 adult patients aged from 18 to 59 years with the preliminary diagnosis of cardiopathy of uncertain origin (CPUO). Their definition of CPUO is as symptoms and/or findings of cardiac disease, which cannot be exactly identify using even complex clinical and noninvasive cardiological diagnostic procedures. Diagnostic value of EMB was substantial in two of their patients (in one hypereosinophilia of myocardium, and in another amyloidosis), non specific results were found in 18 patients, and 1 patient had normal pattern of the biopsy. EMB is useful and safe clinical diagnostic procedure in exactly defined groups of patients.

Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Biopsy, Needle; Cardiomyopathies, diagnosis, ; Endocardium, pathology, ; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardium, pathology,

Published: June 1, 1995  Show citation