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Myocardial biopsy histology can often diagnose hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, although histochemistry and electron microscopy reveal no disease-specific lesion.
Histological examination of myocardial biopsies can often diagnose hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, though no single specific pathognomonic lesion exists.
Myocardial biopsy may aid HOCM diagnosis in select cases; leaves open identification of specific lesions.
Comparison of myocardial biopsies from cases of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and other conditions shows that a diagnosis can often be made on histological grounds. Histochemistry and electron microscopy add supporting evidence but no lesion specific to hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy has been found.
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Noorden et al. (1971) studied this question. Myocardial biopsy histology can often diagnose hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, although histochemistry and electron microscopy reveal no disease-specific lesion.
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