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Case Reports
. 1999 Mar;9(2):203-6.
doi: 10.1017/s1047951100008477.

Surgical ligation of a persistent arterial duct in one of conjoined thoracopagus twins prior to surgical separation

R A Cordoba  1 , E Juaneda, L E Alday
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Surgical ligation of a persistent arterial duct in one of conjoined thoracopagus twins prior to surgical separation

R A Cordoba et al. Cardiol Young. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

One of conjoined thoracopagus twins, with separate hearts and a common pericardial sack, presented with respiratory distress because of a persistent arterial duct causing congestive heart failure in the neonatal period. Surgical ligation of the duct was performed prior to subsequent separation, with an excellent outcome.

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