From: Clinical review: Intrapericardial fibrinolysis in management of purulent pericarditis
Clinical feature | Â |
   Duration of symptoms before presentation (days) | 7 ± 3 |
   Chest pain | 31 |
   Fever | 85 |
   Pericardial friction rub | 33 |
   Electrocardiographic abnormalities | 45 |
Complication | Â |
   Death | 29 |
   Cardiac tamponade | 15 |