Endomyocardial biopsy using the brachial venous access route. Description of the technique and 12-year experience at 2 different centers

ABSTRACT Introduction and objectives: Recipients of a heart transplant need to receive serial endomyocardial biopsies (EMB) to discard rejection, a procedure that is usually performed through the femoral or jugular vein. Over the last few years, we have developed a technique to perform EMBs using th...

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Main Authors: María Tamargo, Enrique Gutiérrez Ibañes, Juan Francisco Oteo Domínguez, Felipe Díez-Delhoyo, Ebrey León Aliz, Ricardo Sanz Ruiz, Francisco José Hernández Pérez, María Eugenia Vázquez Álvarez, Javier Segovia Cubero, Allan Rivera Juárez, Eduardo Zataraín, Javier Goicolea Ruigómez, Javier Soriano, Elena Pérez Pereira, Jorge García-Carreño, Arturo García Touchard, Lilian Grigorian, José Antonio Fernández Díaz, Jaime Elízaga, Luis Alonso Pulpó, Francisco Fernández-Avilés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Permanyer 2020-11-01
Series:REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)
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Online Access:https://recintervcardiol.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=348