Table 5.
Risk of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) complications reported in previous studies
| Author (year) | Number of biopsies | Overall complications rate (%) | Major complications rate | Minor complications rate | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deckers (1992) | 546 | 6 | 1.2a | 4.8a | [24] |
| Hiramitasu (1998) | 19 964 | 0.7 | [25] | ||
| Felker (1999) | 323 | 0.32 | [26] | ||
| Holzmann (2008) | 3048 | 1.25a | 0.1a | 1.15a | [12] |
| Yilmaz (2010) | 622 (LVEMB) | 3.5 (LVEMB) | 0.6 (LVEMB) | 2.9 (LVEMB) | [13] |
| 490 (RVEMB) | 5.9 (RV EMB) | 0.8 (RVEMB) | 5.1 (RVEMB) | ||
| Huang (2010) | 439 | 1.61 | 0.0 | 1.61 | [27] |
| Saraiva (2011) | 2217 | 0.71 | - | - | [14] |
| Fiorelli (2012) | 5347 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 5.9 | [28] |
| Bennet (2013) | 851 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | [16] |
| Jang (2013) | 228 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 7.9 | [15] |
| Chimenti (2013) | 3549 (LVEMB) | 2.33 (LVEMB) | 0.33 (LVEMB) | 2.0 (LVEMB) | [22] |
| 3068 (RVEMB) | 1.8 (RVEMB) | 0.45 (RVEMB) | 1.35 (LVEMB) | ||
| Strecker (2013) | 1896 | 1.0 | [21] | ||
| Isogai (2015) | 9508 | 0.98 | [19] | ||
| Schulz (2015))~ | 37 | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | [1] |
| Schäufele (2015)~ | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [23] |
avalues calculated on the basis of the manuscript data; LVEMB- left ventricle endomyocardial biopsy; RVEMB-right ventricle endomyocardial biopsy; ~ - transradial approach