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Left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy guided by intracardiac echocardiography via a trans-septal approach
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  • Yasuhiro Yokoyama,
  • Kenichiro Yamagata,
  • Hideaki Kanzaki,
  • Keiko Ohta-Ogo,
  • Ayaka Fujita,
  • Nobuhiko Ueda,
  • Kenzaburo Nakajima,
  • Tsukasa Kamakura,
  • Mitsuru Wada,
  • Kohei Ishibashi,
  • Yuko Inoue,
  • Koji Miyamoto,
  • Satoshi Nagase,
  • Takashi Noda,
  • Takeshi Aiba,
  • Kengo Kusano
Yasuhiro Yokoyama

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Kenichiro Yamagata
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Hideaki Kanzaki
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Keiko Ohta-Ogo
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Ayaka Fujita
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Nobuhiko Ueda
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Kenzaburo Nakajima
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Tsukasa Kamakura
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Mitsuru Wada
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Kohei Ishibashi
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Yuko Inoue
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Koji Miyamoto
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Satoshi Nagase
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Takashi Noda
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Takeshi Aiba
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Kengo Kusano
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Abstract

We describe our use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide endomyocardial biopsy of the left ventricle in a patient with chronic heart failure secondary to endocardial fibroelastosis. Under ICE guidance, we advanced the bioptome through the middle of the mitral annulus, within a trans-septal sheath, and guided the bioptome to the correct location on the mid-posterior wall of the left ventricle. This was performed without adverse events, such as injury to the chordae tendineae or mitral valve regurgitation. Therefore, ICE-guidance is possible for left-sided heart procedures and could lower the risk of complications and improve the biopsy rate for diagnosis.
Jul 2021Published in BMJ Case Reports volume 14 issue 7 on pages e243176. 10.1136/bcr-2021-243176