title: Analysis of endomyocardial biopsies in suspected myocarditis--diagnostic value of left versus right ventricular biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; Institut für kardiale Diagnostik und Therapie, IKDT, Berlin Germany. Electronic address: felicitas.escher@charite.de.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Escher
authors.affiliation: Institut für kardiale Diagnostik und Therapie, IKDT, Berlin Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lassner
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; Institut für kardiale Diagnostik und Therapie, IKDT, Berlin Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kühl
authors.affiliation: Institut für kardiale Diagnostik und Therapie, IKDT, Berlin Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poller
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skurk
authors.affiliation: Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weitmann
authors.affiliation: Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tschöpe
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schultheiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Diagnostical methods; Endomyocardial biopsy; Inflammation; Matricellular remodeling