Table 4.

The detailed characteristics and clinical course of patients with endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) complications

Patient	Sex	Age (years)	NYHA Class on admission	Diagnosis	Type of complication	TTE after EMB	Symptoms of developing complication	Method of complication treatment	Recovery
1	Male	28	IV	Myocarditis	Tamponade	15 mm of fluid in pericardium	Chest pain, sudden drop in blood pressure, tachycardia	Immediate partial sternotomy, hematoma decompression and suturing of damaged right venticle	II NYHA class at discharge
2	Female	49	IV	Myxoma in the right ventricular outflow tract	Tamponade	25 mm of fluid in pericardium	Chest pain, sudden drop in blood pressure, tachycardia	Immediate sternotomy, hematoma decompression, tumor removal	Full
3	Male	32	II	Pericardial effusion	Pericardial effusion	Up to 6 mm of fluid in pericardium	Without symptoms	Diuretics	Full
4	Male	57	II	EMB - a year after HTx	Access site hematoma	Without fluid/tricuspid insufficiency	Puncture site pain	Conservative	Full
5	Female	49	II	EMB −2 months after HTx	Access site hematoma	Without fluid/tricuspid insufficiency	Puncture site pain	Conservative	Full
6	Male	60	I	EMB – 3 years after HTx	RCA-RV fistula	Diastolic jet to the lumen of RV (the diagnosis was made on the basis of coronarography	Asymptomatic	Conservative -“watchful waiting”	Full

NYHA New York Heart Association, RCA right coronary artery, RV right ventricle