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Case Reports
. 1986 Nov;56(5):486-8.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.56.5.486.

Conjoined hearts

D Antonelli, L Shmilovitz, M Dharan
Case Reports

Conjoined hearts

D Antonelli et al. Br Heart J. 1986 Nov.

Abstract

Thoracopagus twins were delivered at 37 weeks' gestation by caesarean section. Respiratory distress was present and mechanical ventilation was needed; 36 hours after delivery severe lactic acidosis developed and the twins died. The pericardial sac was common and the hearts were conjoined as a single structure with ventricular fusion.

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