Why the study?
Does right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy provide diagnostic and prognostic utility in patients with congestive heart failure due to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Population
Patients with congestive heart failure, specifically nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and specific…
Design
Review
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Endomyocardial biopsy utility remains limited to select myocarditides; leaves open broader role in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Does right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy provide diagnostic and prognostic utility in patients with congestive heart failure due to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Endomyocardial biopsy may yield diagnostic and prognostic information in specific subsets of patients with congestive heart failure, though its role in nonischemic cardiomyopathy remains ill-defined.
Wu et al. (2004) studied this question.
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