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Ornella Leone1, John P Veinot, Annalisa Angelini, Ulrik T Baandrup, Cristina Basso, Gerald Berry, Patrick Bruneval, Margaret Burke, Jagdish Butany, Fiorella Calabrese, Giulia d'Amati, William D Edwards, John T Fallon, Michael C Fishbein, Patrick J Gallagher, Marc K Halushka, Bruce McManus, Angela Pucci, E René Rodriguez, Jeffrey E Saffitz, Mary N Sheppard, Charles Steenbergen, James R Stone, Carmela Tan, Gaetano Thiene, Allard C van der Wal, Gayle L Winters.
Abstract
The Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology and the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology have produced this position paper concerning the current role of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) for the diagnosis of cardiac diseases and its contribution to patient management, focusing on pathological issues, with these aims: • Determining appropriate EMB use in the context of current diagnostic strategies for cardiac diseases and providing recommendations for its rational utilization • Providing standard criteria and guidance for appropriate tissue triage and pathological analysis • Promoting a team approach to EMB use, integrating the competences of pathologists, clinicians, and imagers.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 22137237 DOI： 10.1016/j.carpath.2011.10.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cardiovasc Pathol ISSN： 1054-8807 Impact factor: 2.185