Surgical properties and survival of a pericardial window via left minithoracotomy for benign and malignant pericardial tamponade in cancer patients

Table 5 Results of correlation analysis between quantitative parameters and survival

	Survival (months)
	r	P
Age	−0.401	0.005^a
Amount of effusion removed during surgery (mL)	−0.220	0.134
Preoperative Hb (g/dL)	0.463	0.001^a
Preoperative EF (%)	0.193	0.189
Pericardial effusion-free interval (months)	0.292	0.044^b
Preoperative CVP (cmH20)	0.174	0.168

ISSN: 1477-7819