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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 11:3:300-302.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.04.005. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Repair of arch hypoplasia and ventricular septal defect in unseparated, pyopagus conjoined twins

Tracy R Geoffrion  1 , Chitra Ravishankar  2 , Aaron T Dorfman  2 , Lisa M Montenegro  3 , Susan C Nicolson  3 , Christopher E Mascio  1
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Repair of arch hypoplasia and ventricular septal defect in unseparated, pyopagus conjoined twins

Tracy R Geoffrion et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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Pyopagus twins positioned for surgery.
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Figure 1
Preoperative imaging of Twin A. VSD, Ventricular septal defect.
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Figure 2
Photo of twins positioned for surgery.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Operative timeline. CPB, Cardiopulmonary bypass; DHCA, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; MUF, modified ultrafiltration; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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