Twin-twin transfusion syndrome, coarctation of the aorta and hypoplastic aortic arch: A case series report

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 76-79

  Van Den Boom, Jutta ^a   Battin, Malcolm ^a,b   Hornung, Tim ^c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Congenital heart defect; Feto fetal transfusion; Monozygotic; Twin; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIURETIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; SURFACTANT;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DONOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOPLASTIC AORTIC ARCH; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

AORTIC COARCTATION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77949709534     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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