General description of procedure, equipment, technique Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is a procedure that percutaneously obtains small amounts of myocardial tissue for diagnostic, therapeutic, and research purposes. It is primarily used to (1) follow the transplanted heart for myocardial rejection; (2) diagnose specific inflammatory, infiltrative, or familial myocardial disorders; and (3) sample unknown myocardial masses. EMB…
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