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Biopsy catheter

Heart, front view

Heart biopsy; Biopsy - heart

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

Review Date: 06/01/2010
Reviewed By: Issam Mikati, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Director, Northwestern Clinic Echocardiography Lab, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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