Why the study?
Does endomyocardial biopsy help diagnose myocarditis in patients presenting with apparent acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary angiograms?
Population
n=12 patients admitted to the coronary care unit with severe chest pain, ST segment elevation, increased…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support immunohistochemistry-enhanced biopsy for myocarditis diagnosis in MI mimics; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does endomyocardial biopsy help diagnose myocarditis in patients presenting with apparent acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary angiograms?
Endomyocardial biopsy, especially when enhanced by immunohistochemical and molecular techniques, is valuable for diagnosing myocarditis in patients mimicking acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries.
Annalisa Angelini (2000) studied this question.
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