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Cardiac tamponade: Which Medications Cause It? (3,286 Reports Across 207 Drugs)

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Cardiac tamponade has been reported as an adverse event with 207 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 3,286 total reports. 634 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Cardiac tamponade are DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE, ASPIRIN, and RIVAROXABAN.

3,286
Total Reports
207
Drugs Involved
634
Deaths
2,003
Hospitalizations
60.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
44.4% / 55.6%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Cardiac tamponade Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE 506 1.4% 31 246 173
ASPIRIN 208 0.2% 40 135 67
RIVAROXABAN 193 0.2% 36 143 52
APIXABAN 179 0.1% 21 112 57
HEPARIN 127 0.7% 18 74 39
WARFARIN 127 0.3% 14 98 34
NIVOLUMAB 124 0.1% 22 71 41
PEMBROLIZUMAB 122 0.2% 25 82 30
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE 116 0.3% 14 74 51
METHOTREXATE 86 0.0% 13 65 37
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 78 0.1% 35 31 28
IBRUTINIB 72 0.1% 7 49 16
TACROLIMUS 70 0.1% 1 33 9
CARBOPLATIN 66 0.1% 17 33 12
PREDNISONE 57 0.0% 9 40 30
DOXORUBICIN 52 0.1% 13 38 11
ADALIMUMAB 50 0.0% 3 27 7
IPILIMUMAB 48 0.1% 9 29 16
CYTARABINE 45 0.1% 18 27 18
HYDRALAZINE 44 0.8% 0 18 2

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Cardiac tamponade

506 reports
208 reports
193 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)