Table 2 The frequency of cardiac disorders diagnosed using endomyocardial biopsy (EMB)
From: Endomyocardial biopsy via the femoral access - still safe and valuable diagnostic tool
Diagnosis | Number of EMB procedures | % of EMB procedures |
|---|---|---|
Myocarditis | 12 | 3.81 |
Inflammatory cardiomyopathy | 5 | 1.59 |
Dilated cardiomyopathy | 8 | 2.54 |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 4 | 1.27 |
Peripartum cardiomyopathy | 1 | 0.32 |
Drug-induced cardiomyopathy | 1 | 0.32 |
Cardiac toxicity | 2 | 0.64 |
Cardiac tumor | 1 | 0.32 |
Sarcoidosis | 2 | 0.64 |
Amyloidosis | 6 | 1.9 |
Heart transplant state | 273 | 86.67 |