| Clinical/laboratory characteristics | Number | Percentage (100%) |
| Total number of patients | 63 |
|
| Age range (in years) | 8 to 88 Mean: 42.28 ± SD 22.50 |
|
| Females | 26 | 41.27 |
| Males | 37 | 58.73 |
| Symptoms Breathlessness Chest pain Fever Cough Palpitation Other symptoms Asymptomatic |
60 24 30 35 2 21 2 |
95.2 38 47.6 55.5 3.1 33 3.1 |
| Signs Tachycardia Bradycardia Hypotension Raised JVP Pulsus paradoxus Muffled Heart sounds |
40 2 15 17 17 23 |
63.4 3.1 23.8 26.9 26.9 36.5 |
| Electrical Alternans on ECG | 8 | 12 |
| Cardiomegaly on CXR | 56 | 88 |
| Echocardiography Moderate PE Large PE Cardiac tamponade (Clinical + Echo) |
10 53 40 |
15.8 84 63 |