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Case Reports
. 2005 Feb;100(2):361-364.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000140952.35504.4D.

Anesthetic management for thoracopagus twins with complex cyanotic heart disease in the magnetic resonance imaging suite

Erik Shank  1 , Naveen Manohar, Ulrich Schmidt
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Case Reports

Anesthetic management for thoracopagus twins with complex cyanotic heart disease in the magnetic resonance imaging suite

Erik Shank et al. Anesth Analg. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

We report a case of thoracopagus twins undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies under general anesthesia. The twins had a complex shared cardiac anatomy that posed additional challenges to an already-difficult anesthesia care area. This report emphasizes the approach to anesthetic management of conjoined twins in the MRI environment.

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