Management of Cardiac Tamponade: A Comperative Study between Echo-Guided Pericardiocentesis and Surgery—A Report of 100 Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of patients.

Group	Group A (𝑛∶38)		Group B (𝑛∶36)		Group C (𝑛∶26)		Mean
Sex	Male (𝑛∶17)	Female (𝑛∶21)	Male (𝑛∶16)	Female (𝑛∶20)	Male (𝑛∶16)	Female (𝑛∶10)	𝑛∶100
Age (year)	41.3±26.5	35.8±21.6	43.3±21.5	47.9±22.8	54.3±32.3	55.7±31.9	46.3±21.9
Patients <18 years	3	4	2	3	4	2	18
Patients 18–60 years	9	11	9	13	8	7	57
Patients >60 years	5	6	5	4	4	1	25
Initial complaint of patients
Dispnoea	16	17	14	18	15	9	89
Palpitation	4	11	12	14	14	6	61
Pretibial edema	3	7	12	14	6	6	48
Tachycardia (100 beats/min)	14	18	14	16	12	8	82
QRS alternation	7	6	4	5	4	3	29
Low QRS voltage	14	18	12	16	13	8	81
Hemodynamic status
Echocardiographic tamponade	8	10	6	11	8	5	48
Clinical tamponade	9	8	8	8	7	4	44
Hemodynamic collapse	1	2	2	1	1	1	8