Gene expression test reduces need for invasive heart muscle biopsy
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
Monitoring rejection in heart transplantation patients with a simple blood test co-developed by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center physician-scientist Dr. Mario Deng in 2005 can safely reduce their need for invasive heart-muscle biopsies, a new study has found.