title: Cardiac fusion and complex congenital cardiac defects in thoracopagus twins: diagnostic value of cardiac CT.
abstract: Most thoracopagus twins present with cardiac fusion and associated congenital cardiac defects, and assessment of this anatomy is of critical importance in determining patient care and outcome. Cardiac CT with electrocardiographic triggering provides an accurate and quick morphological assessment of both intracardiac and extracardiac structures in newborns, making it the best imaging modality to assess thoracopagus twins during the neonatal period. In this case report, we highlight the diagnostic value of cardiac CT in thoracopagus twins with an interatrial channel and complex congenital cardiac defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea, hwgoo@amc.seoul.kr.
authors.forename: Hyun Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Goo
authors.forename: Jeong-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ellen Ai-Rhan
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D055424:Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques; D003287:Contrast Media; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014428:Twins, Conjoined; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol