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Three patients died of causes unrelated to the procedure, one patient died of metastatic cancer, and one patient died in a long term care facility of cardiopulmonary complications. One patient with renal failure suffered a hemorrhage from an arteriovenous fistula after being treated with dialysis. In one child, a nut backed off after 3 months. 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