Extended minimally invasive autopsy: Technical improvements for the investigation of cardiopulmonary events in COVID-19

OBJECTIVES: Ultrasound-guided minimally invasive autopsies (MIA-US) are an alternative to conventional autopsies and have been used in our institution to investigate the pathophysiology of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Owing to the limitations of post-mortem biopsies for evaluating c...

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Main Authors: Jair Theodoro-Filho, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto, Thais Mauad, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Marisa Dolhnikoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2021-11-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322021000100338&tlng=en