Electro-anatomically-guided endomyocardial biopsy in a patient with focal myocardial infiltration and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Maciej T Wybraniec; Marek Grabka; Andrzej Hoffmann; Romuald Wojnicz; Katarzyna Mizia-Stec

doi:10.25270/jic/23.00222

Electro-anatomically-guided endomyocardial biopsy in a patient with focal myocardial infiltration and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

J Invasive Cardiol. 2024 Mar;36(3). doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00222.

Authors

Maciej T Wybraniec¹, Marek Grabka², Andrzej Hoffmann², Romuald Wojnicz³, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec⁴

Affiliations

¹ First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; Upper-Silesian Medical Center, Katowice, Poland; Member of the European Reference Network on Heart Diseases - ERN GUARD-HEART. E-mail: maciejwybraniec@gmail.com.
² First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
³ Department of Histology and Cell Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
⁴ First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; Upper-Silesian Medical Center, Katowice, Poland; Member of the European Reference Network on Heart Diseases - ERN GUARD-HEART.

PMID: 38441994
DOI: 10.25270/jic/23.00222

Abstract

A 53-year-old female was admitted to the cardiology department on account of signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure (HF) with severe peripheral edema and dyspnea on exertion (New York Heart Association class III) for the past 3 months.

Keywords: chronic lymphocytic leukemia; endomyocardial biopsy; myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Cardiac Catheterization
Female
Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / etiology
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell* / complications
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell* / diagnosis
Middle Aged
Myocardium