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

Table 5

Etiology of cardiac tamponade according to groups.

Group	M	P	C	I	Con	Isc	Id	H	A	T	W
A (𝑛∶38)	3 (7%)	0	0	0	0	0	17 (44%)	6 (15%)	2 (7%)	6 (15%)	3 (7%)
B (𝑛∶36)	15 (41%)	1 (2%)	6 (16%)	4 (11%)	2 (5%)	2 (5%)	3 (8%)	0	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)
C (𝑛∶26)	10 (38%)	1 (3%)	0	0	0	0	8 (30%)	0	1 (3%)	6 (23%)	0
𝑃	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01	≤0.01

(M: malignancy, P: postoperative, C: cardiac perforation from invasive procedure, I: infection, Con: connectice tissue diseas, Isc: ischemic heart disease related, Id: idiopathic, H: hypotroidiea, A: acute rheomatismal fewer, T: tuberculosis, W: warfarin overdose).