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The risk of complications is low, but all surgeries carry at least a small risk of complications. These complications could include:
- Return of the angina
- Damage to the mitral valve (located between the left atrium and the left ventricle)
- Heart failure
- Arrhythmia (an abnormal heart rhythm)
- Damage to the great vessels (the aorta and/or the pulmonary artery or the coronary arteries)
- Hypotension (low blood pressure)
- Cardiac tamponade (a dangerous accumulation of blood in the sac around the heart)
- Heart attack
- Death
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