Table 4.

Outcome according to management with primary pericardiectomy or pericardiocentesis

	Mortality
Reference	Pericardiectomy	Pericardiocentesis
[4]a	-	5/11 (45)
[27]b	0/4 (0)	-
[29]c	8/50 (16)	20/31 (65)
[25]d	1/13 (8)	-
[10]e	0/1 (0)	3/14 (21)

Data presented as n (%). ^aPericardiocentesis: rescue pericardiectomy in four cases (all survivors). ^bPericardiectomy. ^cWindow pericardiectomy and manual breakdown of adhesions. ^dPartial pericardiectomy. ^ePericardiocentesis: rescue pericardiectomy in six cases (five survivors).