Cardiac tamponade after a systemic-pulmonary shunt complicated by serous leakage.
A newborn baby with complex congenital heart disease had severe persistent pericardial effusion after a systemic-pulmonary shunt. Pericardiocentesis and pericardiotomy could not stop pericardial leakage. At reoperation, topical application of a fibrin glue resulted in resolution of the leak and avoided replacement of the graft.
García-Guereta
L
L
Division of Cardiology, Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Burgueros
M
M
Borches
D
D
Gonzalez
V
V
Jiménez
J
J
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010166:Palliative Care; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D014014:Tissue Adhesives
D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene