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| endomyocardial biopsy |
The sampling of tissue from the inside walls of the heart. This task is accomplished by threading a long, fine tube (catheter) through a vein in the patient's neck/arm into the chambers of the heart where a sample is taken by a small biting action at the end of the catheter.
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| endomyocardial b. |
sampling of the endomyocardial tissue with a bioptome inserted percutaneously and advanced via the femoral or internal jugular vein to the right heart or via the femoral artery to the left heart; used to assess cardiac transplant rejection or anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity, and sometimes in diagnosing myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, or infiltrative diseases.
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| endomyocardial f. |
idiopathic cardiomyopathy occurring endemically in various regions of Africa and rarely in other areas, characterized by cardiomegaly, marked thickening of the endocardium with dense, white fibrous tissue that frequently extends to involve the inner third or half of the myocardium, and congestive heart failure. Called also African endomyocardial f.
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