Abstract:Introduction:
Cardiac tamponade is often evaluated through echocardiography. However, not all patients with tamponade physiology develop clinical tamponade. Thus, we evaluated various echocardiographic and clinical factors as predictors of the need for intervention.
Methods:
A total of 264 patients with tamponade physiology were extracted from the echocardiographic database. We compared clinical and demographic factors among those who underwent interven… Show more
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