Endomyocardial Biopsy

John J. Fenoglio, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C. is Associate Professor of Pathology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York City.

1. Introduction: Historical Perspective Techniques 2. Right Ventricular Biopsy 3. Left Ventricular Biopsy 4. Endomyocardial Biopsy in Infants and Children: Techniques 5. Diagnostic Approach to the Endomyocardial Biopsy Applications 6. Indications for Endomyocardial Biopsy 7. Value of Endomyocardial Biopsy 8. The Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in the Management of Acute Rejection in Cardiac Allograft Recipients 9. Endomyocardial Biopsy for Cardiac Monitoring of Patients Receiving Anthracylines 10. Acute Inflammatory Myocarditis 11. Chronic Myocarditis 12. The Cardiomyopathies: Diagnosis by Endomyocardial Biopsy 13. Small Vessel Disease: Fact or Fiction 14. Endomyocardial Biopsy in Children: Applications