Perforation of the Right Ventricle After Endomyocardial Biopsy Detected by Color Flow Doppler Echocardiography

Abstract

Right ventricular perforation after endomyocardial biopsy of a heart transplant patient was established by color flow Doppler echocardiography. Systolic filling and diastolic drainage of the pericardium were seen. Healing of the perforation occurred spontaneously with no Doppler signs of perforation 8 days later. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHK Volume 11, November 1994) color Doppler echocardiography, ventricular perforation, ventricular pseudoaneurysm, endomyocardial biopsy