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. 2021 May 7;2021(5):CD010876. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010876.pub3

2. Description of severe adverse events.

  Lin 2004 Sire 1987 Pressler 2018 Sibilitz 2016 Total events
No exercise group 3 patients:
1 pericardial effusion
1 paravalvular leakage
1 endocarditis
2 patients:
2 non‐fatal thromboembolism
5 patients:
5 died before 24 months'
follow‐up
1 patient:
Not reported
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Exercise group 4 patients:
2 heart arrhythmias
1 sudden death
1 brain stem death
2 patients:
1 haematoma in abdominal muscle
1 angina pectoris
4 patients:
(but not due to exercise)
1 fell due to icy conditions leading
to severe cerebral trauma
1 lethal cerebral haemorrhage due to
oral anticoagulant
2 died before 24 months' follow‐up
2 patients:
(but not due to exercise)
1 postsurgical cardiac tamponade
1 heart failure‐related re‐admission
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