title: Successful cardiac surgery in a former conjoined twin with heart malformation and pulmonary hypertension: an unusual complication of a coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: Pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed in a former conjoined twin presenting with a ventricular septal defect, moderate congestive heart failure, and dyspnea with hypercapnia due to instable bony chest. He underwent successful corrective cardiac surgery and chest wall reconstruction at the age of 12 months. Subsequently, mechanical ventilation was performed for three months to prevent right heart failure and pulmonary hypertension until thoracic stability allowed the tracheostoma to be closed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. lemmer@dhzb.de
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemmer
authors.forename: Yuguo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D014428:Twins, Conjoined