title: Endomyocardial biopsy in the heterotopic heart transplant patient.
abstract: We present a technique for rapid and easy endomyocardial biopsy of the heterotopic transplanted heart. With a recent resurgence in heterotopic heart transplantation, we believe that ours is a sound technique in obtaining both routine surveillance biopsies as well as evaluating "right-sided pressures" in the "piggy-back" heart.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Heart Center, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Arzouman
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Arabia
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Copeland
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic