In extremely severe cases of disturbance of blood circulation, in cases where a catastrophe is imminent, the so-called is observed in patients. embryocardia. It occurs mainly in acute diseases (with typhus and typhoid fever, pneumonia, acute peritonitis, etc.), heralding a near end, but it can also be observed in the last stage of chronic myocardial diseases.
Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is a well-known diagnostic tool for the investigation and treatment of myocardial diseases and remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of myocarditis. Due to its invasiveness, with a complication rate ranging from 1 to 15%, its role in the diagnostic work-up of pediatric heart failure is not well established. The aim of this review is to define the role of EMB as diagnostic technique in the work up of children presenting with severe left ventricular dysfunction with the support of our center experience.
Left Ventricular Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Myocardial Diseases
