Why the study?
Does surgical biopsy of the pericardium and myocardium aid in the etiologic diagnosis of pericarditis and myocarditis?
Population
5 patients with pericarditis and myocarditis, including a 29-year-old white woman with massive pericardial…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May aid diagnosis in select ambiguous cases; leaves open need for prospective validation before wider use.
Does surgical biopsy of the pericardium and myocardium aid in the etiologic diagnosis of pericarditis and myocarditis?
Surgical biopsy of the pericardium and myocardium can provide crucial etiologic diagnosis in cases of pericarditis and myocarditis with non-specific clinical presentations.
Milton Weinberg (1958) studied this question.
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