Clinical Study
Management of Cardiac Tamponade: A Comperative Study between Echo-Guided Pericardiocentesis and Surgery—A Report of 100 Patients
Table 3
Etiology of cardiac tamponade.
| | Group | Group A () | Group B () | Group C () | Mean |
| | Age groups | a | b | C | a | b | C | a | b | c | | | Malignancy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 28 | | Postoperative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | Cardiac perforation from invasive procedure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | | Infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | Connective tissue disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Ischemic heart disease related | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Idiopathic | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 28 | | Hypotroidiea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | | Acute rheumatismal fewer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | Tuberculosis | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | | Warfarin overdose | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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(a) patients <18 years; (b) patients 18–60 years; (c) patients >60 years.
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