Frequency of pericardial effusion among patients with acute St segment elevation myocardial infarction

Aim: to determine the frequency of pericardial effusion among patients with stemi. study design: cross sectional study place and duration: department of cardiology,bahawal victoria hospital,bahawalpur from 01-03-2014 to 31-08-2014 methods: this study included 196 patients with stemi. all of them had 2-d echocardiography to determine the presence of pe. the main outcome variable was frequency of pericardial effusion which was described as frequency distribution table. results: pericardial effusion was present among 53(27%) patients,while it was not present among 143 (73%) patients. conclusions: the frequency of pericardial effusion is high among patients of stemi and should be evaluated with 2 -d echocardiography for the presence of pe whenever the facility is available. © 2016,lahore medical and dental college. all rights reserved.