The Role of CT-Guided Optimal Fluoroscopic Viewing Angle to Guide Right Endomyocardial Biopsy

Ali Zgheib, MD; Elie Akl, MD; Marco Spaziano, MD; Giuseppe Martucci, MD; Nicolo Piazza, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Nov 2023)

The Role of CT-Guided Optimal Fluoroscopic Viewing Angle to Guide Right Endomyocardial Biopsy

Ali Zgheib, MD,
Elie Akl, MD,
Marco Spaziano, MD,
Giuseppe Martucci, MD,
Nicolo Piazza, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Ali Zgheib, MD: McGill University Health Center, Glen Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elie Akl, MD: McGill University Health Center, Glen Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marco Spaziano, MD: McGill University Health Center, Glen Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Giuseppe Martucci, MD: McGill University Health Center, Glen Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nicolo Piazza, MD, PhD: Address for correspondence: Dr Nicolo Piazza, McGill University Health Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, 1001 Decarie, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada.; McGill University Health Center, Glen Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
p. 102060

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We report the case of a 64-year-old man with a history of chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy requiring heart transplant in 2022 who underwent successful endomyocardial biopsy using patient-specific computed tomographic fluoroscopic projections. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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