RESUMO

The rate of conjoined twins is 1 in 50,000 births. These patients usually have a common pericardial sac (90%) and conjoined hearts (75%). In case of shared heart there is a communication by a vascular channel between both atria and ventricles. If there is not ventricular communication, surgical separation is possible. We describe such a case in whom in spite that interventricular connections were present; surgical separation was decided because of the critical conditions of twin A in an effort to preserve the survival of twin B.

Assuntos

Cardiopatias Congênitas/diagnóstico por imagem , Hemodinâmica , Gêmeos Unidos/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Cardiopatias Congênitas/cirurgia , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Radiografia , Gêmeos Unidos/cirurgia