Table 3.
Etiology of cardiac tamponade.
| Group | Group A (n : 38) | Group B (n : 36) | Group C (n : 26) | Mean | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups | a | b | C | a | b | C | a | b | c | n : 100 |
| 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 |
(a) patients <18 years; (b) patients 18–60 years; (c) patients >60 years.