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Table 2 Auxiliary examination performance of patients with malignant pericardial effusion

From: Prognosis and role of clinical and imaging features in patients with malignant pericardial effusion: a single-center study in China

Auxiliary examination performance

Number of cases

Result

Electrocardiogram (col %)

216

 

Sinus tachycardia

 

91 (42.1)

ST-T anomaly

 

61 (28.2)

Low QRS voltage

 

38 (17.6)

Electric alternation

 

46 (21.3)

Atrial fibrillation

 

16 (7.4)

X-Ray (col %)

216

 

Pericardial effusion

 

165 (76.4)

Increased heart shadow

 

173 (80.1)

Pleural effusion

 

112 (51.9)

Echocardiography (col %)

216

 

Pericardial effusion

 

192 (88.9)

Pleural effusion

 

155 (71.8)

Pericardial thickening

 

57 (26.4)

Chest CT (col %)

136

 

Pericardial effusion

 

108 (79.4)

Pleural effusion

 

85 (62.5)

Pericardial thickening

 

55 (40.4)

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy

 

124 (91.2)