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Mild Myocardial Regurgitation Secondary Hypertension
Heart biopsy; Biopsy - heart
What the risks are
Risks are moderate and include:
Blood clots - Bleeding from the biopsy site
- Cardiac
arrhythmias - Infection
- Injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Injury to the vein or artery
- Pneumothorax
- Rupture of the heart (very rare)
- Tricuspid regurgitation
Special considerations
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