Administration of intrapericardial tissue adhesive after cardiac rupture and cardiac tamponade.

Objective: To describe a series of patients treated with intrapericardial glue.

Design: Case reports. Descriptive study.

Patients: We describe the results obtained using the injection of a surgical intrapericardial adhesive in 19 patients who presented cardiac tamponade and shock after cardiac rupture. The technique was done using puncture and echocardiographic subxiphoid control. At the one-year follow-up, 5 patients had survived, with neither pseudoaneurysms nor constriction. One patient was injected with said adhesive in the right ventricular cavity.

Conclusions: Pericardial drainage, followed by the administration of intrapericardial glue may be an attractive technique. This technique should be studied for its possible utility when faced with surgical impossibility.