The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 91, 637-638, Copyright © 1986 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Repeated endomyocardial biopsy without complication in an infant after heart transplantation
HB Wiles, JT Bricker, DA Cooley, MR Nihill, OH Frazier, F Waldenberger and DG McNamara
Endomyocardial biopsy is necessary for accurate diagnosis of rejection
after heart transplantation. This case illustrates the safe use of repeated
endomyocardial biopsies in an infant after heart transplantation.