Table 3.

Puncture-related complications

Total puncture-related complications—Anterior-oriented puncture	4/82 (4.9%)	p  = 0.16
Pericardial tamponade	4 (4.9%)
Intrahospital death	0 (0%)
Total puncture-related complications—Inferior-oriented puncture	19/189 (10.1%)
Pericardial tamponade	11 (5.8%)
Abdominal organ puncture	5 (2.6%)
Myocardial infarction	1 (0.5%)
Pneumopericard	1 (0.5%)
Pneumothorax	1 (0.5%)
Intrahospital death	2 (1.1%)

Metric data are summarized as medians [25th and 75th percentiles]. Categorical data are presented as N (%)