2.1. Endomyocardial biopsy EMB from more than one region of the right ventricular septum were obtained in all patients using a 5.5 F bioptome catheter (Cordis, Miami, FL, USA). The samples were fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin at room temperature at the time of EMB while minimizing ...
conventional cautery13. They concluded that compared to conventional techniques, the alternative energy device reduced total costs by 10% (p = 0.007), with a large portion of the overall savings derived from a reduction in operative costs (in part as a function of decreased operative time)1...
Biopsy-confirmed 63 92.6 N/A N/A Intra-thoracic involvement of sarcoidosisa 67 98.5 N/A N/A Symptomatic of intra-thoracic involvement at time of diagnosisb 36 53.7 N/A N/A Abbreviations: FDNY, Fire Department of the City of New York; WTC, World Trade Center. a N = 1 case had isol...