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Myocardial biopsy |
| Overview Risks Results |
| Alternative Names: |
| Heart biopsy; Biopsy - heart |
| What the risks are: |
| Risks are moderate and include cardiac arrhythmias, trauma to the vein or artery, infection, blood clots (thrombosis) in the vein, bleeding from the biopsy site, pneumothorax, injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve, and rupture of the heart (very rare). |
Heart, section through the middle |
Heart, front view |
Biopsy catheter |
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