Trans-Septal Myocardial Biopsy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using the Liwen Procedure: An Introduction of a Novel Technique

Table 2

Results and complications of LMB(n = 17).

	Value
Results
Number of myocardial samples taken per patient	1.8 ± 0.8
Number of total myocardial samples/total trials	31/31
Success rate of biopsy (%)	100%
Length of samples (mm)	16.7 ± 5.6
Complications
Pericardial effusion with tamponade	0 (0%)
Pericardial effusion without tamponade	1 (5.9%)
Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (≥3 ventricular complexes)	0 (0%)
Sustained ventricular tachycardia	0 (%)
Cardiac conduction abnormity	0 (0%)
Cardiac perforation	0 (0%)
Stroke	0 (0%)
Pneumothorax	0 (0%)
Inhospital and 30-day mortalities	0 (0%)
Total percentage of complications	5.9%