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Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is an invasive, nonsurgical diagnostic technique, which makes it possible to obtain histological samples of myocardial tissue through the use of biopsy forceps. The role of EMB in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases is still controversial. However, EMB is the gold standard for heart disease when the common non-invasive methods (echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography) do not make precise histopathological diagnosis possible [1–3].
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Tonioni, S., Gonnella, C., Pica, E. (2012). Endomyocardial Biopsy. In: Fioranelli, M., Frajese, G. (eds) Sports Cardiology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2775-6_10
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