Targeted endomyocardial biopsy guided by real-time cardiovascular magnetic resonance
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Targeted endomyocardial biopsy guided by real-time cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Unterberg-Buchwald, C. ; Ritter, C. O. ; Reupke, V.; Wilke, R. N. ; Stadelmann, C. ; Steinmetz, M. & Schuster, A. et al. (2017)
Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 19(1) art. 45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-017-0357-3
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- Unterberg-Buchwald, Christina ; Ritter, Christian Oliver ; Reupke, Verena; Wilke, Robin Niklas ; Stadelmann, Christine ; Steinmetz, Michael ; Schuster, Andreas ; Hasenfuß, Gerd ; Lotz, Joachim ; Uecker, Martin
- Abstract
- Endomyocardial biopsies (EMB) are an important diagnostic tool for myocarditis and other infiltrative cardiac diseases. Routinely, biopsies are obtained under fluoroscopic guidance with a substantial radiation burden. Despite procedural success, there is a large sampling error caused by missing the affected myocardium. Therefore, multiple (>6) biopsies are taken in the clinical setting. In cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) depicts areas of affected myocardium in myocarditis or in other infiltrative cardiomyopathies. Thus, targeted biopsy under real-time CMR image guidance might reduce the problem of sampling error.
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Journal
- Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- eISSN
- 1532-429X
- Language
- English
