title: [A morphological analysis of the specimens obtained during endomyocardial biopsies in patients with a clinical diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy].
abstract: The authors summarize experience gained with a study of biopsy specimens obtained on endomyocardial biopsies from 88 patients with a clinical diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy. The diagnostic value of the study was equal to 70%. Dilated cardiomyopathy largely masked myocarditis and alcoholic cardiomyopathy which were diagnosed morphologically in 30 and 13% of the patients, respectively. No morphological alterations which would allow one to change the clinical diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy were discovered in 26% of cases. It has been shown that endomyocardial biopsy is an important tool of diagnosis. In order to introduce it on a broader scale, it is necessary that quantitative uniform criteria for the diagnosis of endomyocardial diseases, primarily myocarditis, be elaborated.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vikhert
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Tsyplenkova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D012598:Sclerosis
vernacular_title: Morfologicheskiĭ analiz bioptatov, poluchennykh pri éndomiokardial'nykh biopsiiakh u bol'nykh s klinicheskim diagnozom: dilatatsionnaia kardiomiopatiia.