Results, perspectives, and forensic medical aspects of myocardial biopsy.
The biopsy of the heart's myocardium is a very important advance for study of the heart in the living patient. Its complications and forensic medical aspects are extremely important. Both are discussed in this article.
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Department of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*