Right or left endomyocardial biopsy? A systematic review with meta-analysis about complications and safety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is an invasive procedure used to diagnose myocarditis and investigate other nonischaemic cardiomyopathies. However, it is still contentious whether right ventricle endomyocardial biopsy (RV-EMB) is safer than left ventricle endomyocardial biopsy (LV-EMB). Therefore, we aimed to perform an updated meta-analysis comparing the outcomes of LV-EMB vs RV-EMB in patients submitted to this procedure.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central in January 2023 for studies comparing the outcomes of patients submitted to LV-EMB and/or RV-EMB. Outcomes were major and minor complications after the procedure: death, cardiac tamponade requiring pericardiocentesis, pericardial effusion without pericardiocentesis, stroke, transient ischemic

SUBMITTER: Ferreira Neves HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11935350 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature