title: Next-generation endomyocardial biopsy: the potential of confocal and super-resolution microscopy.
abstract: Confocal laser scanning microscopy and super-resolution microscopy provide high-contrast and high-resolution fluorescent imaging, which has great potential to increase the diagnostic yield of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). EMB is currently the gold standard for identification of cardiac allograft rejection, myocarditis, and infiltrative and storage diseases. However, standard analysis is dominated by low-contrast bright-field light and electron microscopy (EM); this lack of contrast makes quantification of pathological features difficult. For example, assessment of cardiac allograft rejection relies on subjective grading of H&E histology, which may lead to diagnostic variability between pathologists. This issue could be solved by utilising the high contrast provided by fluorescence methods such as confocal to quantitatively assess the degree of lymphocytic infiltrate. For infiltrative diseases such as amyloidosis, the nanometre resolution provided by EM can be diagnostic in identifying disease-causing fibrils. The recent advent of super-resolution imaging, particularly direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM), provides high-contrast imaging at resolution approaching that of EM. Moreover, dSTORM utilises conventional fluorescence dyes allowing for the same structures to be routinely imaged at the cellular scale and then at the nanoscale. The key benefit of these technologies is that the high contrast facilitates quantitative digital analysis and thereby provides a means to robustly assess critical pathological features. Ultimately, this technology has the ability to provide greater accuracy and precision to EMB assessment, which could result in better outcomes for patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, d.crossman@auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Crossman
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Ruygrok
authors.forename: Yu Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soeller
mesh_terms: D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes
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