Table 4 . Incidences of postoperative complications .
| Complication |
Caproamin Fides
(n=100) |
TXA
(n=100) |
Control
(n=100) |
P |
| Cardiac tamponade | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 0.60 |
| Clinical MI | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 6 (6) | 0.49 |
| Infection | 0.26 | |||
| Superficial | 0 | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | |
| Deep | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | |
| Pleural effusion | 0.40 | |||
| Chest tube | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | |
| Follow up | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | |
| Pericardial effusion | 16 (16) | 22 (22) | 31 (31) | 0.04* |
| Bleeding | 0.44 | |||
| Surgical | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | |
| Non-surgical | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | |
| Other | 0.15 | |||
| Neurologic | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Cardiac | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | |
| Renal | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| Pressure sore | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) |
Data are shown as number (percentage)
*Statistically significant.