Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Queen Elizabeth II, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: sivakumar@ijn.com.my
Ann Thorac Surg, 2020 10;110(4):e327-e329.
PMID: 32224240 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.039

Abstract

Conjoined twins are rare congenital malformations known to be associated with cardiac abnormalities. Management of transposition of the great arteries with an intact ventricular septum in this subgroup of patients is challenging, especially in the presence of multiple comorbidities. Prevention of left ventricular involution until the patient is stable for an arterial switch operation is a real challenge. We report a case of early ductal stenting to keep the left ventricle well trained in a separated conjoined twin who eventually underwent an arterial switch operation.

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