[Value and limitations of the endomyocardial biopsy in HIV infection]

P Barbeau; J L Pellegrin; E Labouyrie; G Brossard; P Rispal; C Lasseur; B Leng

doi:10.1016/s0248-8663(05)80149-3

[Value and limitations of the endomyocardial biopsy in HIV infection]

Rev Med Interne. 1993;14(10):1032. doi: 10.1016/s0248-8663(05)80149-3.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Barbeau¹, J L Pellegrin, E Labouyrie, G Brossard, P Rispal, C Lasseur, B Leng

Affiliation

¹ Clinique de médecine interne et Maladies Infectieuses, CHU de Bordeaux, hôpital Haut Lévêque, Pessac.

PMID: 8009028
DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(05)80149-3

Abstract

The authors evaluated the interest of endomyocardial biopsy in 19 consecutively hospitalized patients with AIDS. Histopathological study dit not exhibit opportunistic infection but showed aspecific myocarditis in nine patients.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / pathology*
Biopsy
Endocardium / pathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Myocardium / pathology*
Prospective Studies