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 |
12 |