Outcomes of Patients with and without Malignancy Undergoing Percutaneous Pericardiocentesis for Pericardial Effusion

(1) Background: This study aimed to evaluate the etiologies and clinical outcomes of patients with pericardial effusion (PE) treated with echo-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis. (2) Methods: Between July 2010 and December 2020, a total of 502 patients underwent echo-guided percutaneous pericard...

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Autores principales: Chun-Ting Shih, Wei-Chieh Lee, Hsiu-Yu Fang, Po-Jui Wu, Yen-Nan Fang, Shaur-Zheng Chong
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/857dc05157eb48ce9ed4c9e4518351a7
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Sumario:(1) Background: This study aimed to evaluate the etiologies and clinical outcomes of patients with pericardial effusion (PE) treated with echo-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis. (2) Methods: Between July 2010 and December 2020, a total of 502 patients underwent echo-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis for PE at our hospital. The reasons for PE were malignancy (N = 277), and non-malignancy (N = 225). The comorbidities, complications, and all-cause mortality were compared between the malignancy and non-malignancy groups. (3) Results: In multivariable Cox regression analyses for 1-year mortality, malignancy related PE, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal cancer, and metastatic status were positive predictors. A higher incidence of in-hospital and 1-year mortality were observed in patients with malignancy-related PE than with non-malignancy-related PE. In patients with malignancy-related PE, the Kaplan-Meier curve of 1-year all-cause mortality significantly differed between patients with or without metastasis; however, PE with or without malignant cells did not influence the prognosis. (4) Conclusions: In the patients with large PE requiring percutaneous pericardiocentesis, malignancy-related PE, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal cancer, and metastatic status were positive predictors of 1-year mortality. In patients with malignancy, a higher incidence of all-cause mortality was noted in patients with metastasis but did not differ between the groups with and without malignant cells in PE.