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The various techniques for obtaining myocardial biopsies are potentially harmful, and one must select very carefully the candidates for this procedure. These patients must be those in whom the myocardial disease can be determined by no other methods — due to the cause, the extent, or the stage of the disorder. Thus the selection of patients is the task of the clinical cardiologists, not the catheterization team. Moreover, whether or not this procedure is undertaken depends on the availability of histologic back-up facilities. The cardiologists and histologists should discuss individual cases in advance of the biopsy. The fixation method and the extent of examination of the specimens should be determined in order to help reduce unnecessary and uninformative examinations.
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Harmjanz, D. (1978). Myocardial Biopsies. In: Kaltenbach, M., Loogen, F., Olsen, E.G.J. (eds) Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Biopsy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66772-5_5
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