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The combined endpoint was defined as severe tamponade. Criteria for severe tamponade included surgical repair, repeat pericardiocentesis, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, intrahospital death or death during follow-up, and thrombo-embolic events or complications due to therapeutic management. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify independent predictors for severe tamponade. A total of 226 tamponades were identified. Overall frequency of tamponades was 0.6%. Procedures requiring epicardial approach had the highest rate of tamponades (9.4%). Twenty-nine patients with tamponade underwent surgery (12.8% of all tamponades and 21.4% of tamponades during epicardial procedures). Overall tamponade-related mortality was 0.03% (9 deaths). Fifty-six patients (24.8%) experienced severe tamponade. Independent risk factors for severe tamponades were endocardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia, epicardial approach, balloon device ablation, high aspiration volume during pericardiocentesis and structural heart disease.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The frequency of tamponades is strongly dependent on the type of procedure performed. Overall tamponade-related mortality was low but significantly higher in patients undergoing epicardial procedures. Surgical backup should be considered for patients undergoing complex ventricular tachycardia ablation and left atrial ablation procedures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euaa080","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,25]],"date-time":"2020-03-25T12:09:50Z","timestamp":1585138190000},"page":"1240-1251","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Outcome of cardiac tamponades in interventional electrophysiology"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6665-7326","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Fink","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vanessa","family":"Sciacca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, 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