Endomyocardial biopsy under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance can be safely performed in the critically ill cardiac transplant recipient.
Pytlewski
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Section of Cardiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Georgeson
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S
Burke
J
J
Jeevanandam
V
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Pollack
P S
PS
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004699:Endocardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*