Intra-arterial calcifications in the recipient twin in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Pulmonary artery, and rarely aortic, calcifications have been reported in sporadic case reports in the recipient twin of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. This presentation is more likely to be secondary to the haemodynamic alterations in the recipient twin, but must be differentiated from idiopath...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiology in the young 2017-05, Vol.27 (4), p.791-793
Hauptverfasser:	Zaidi, Syed Javed H., Gandhi, Rupali, Siddiqui, Saad
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aorta Arteriosclerosis Calcification Calcification (ectopic) Case reports Coronary vessels Female Fetofetal Transfusion - complications Fetofetal Transfusion - diagnosis Fetofetal Transfusion - surgery Flow velocity Humans Hypertension Infant, Newborn Male Medical imaging Mutation Pregnancy Pregnancy, Twin Pulmonary arteries Pulmonary artery Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed Transfusion Twins Ultrasonography, Prenatal Vascular Calcification - diagnostic imaging Veins & arteries
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Zusammenfassung:	Pulmonary artery, and rarely aortic, calcifications have been reported in sporadic case reports in the recipient twin of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. This presentation is more likely to be secondary to the haemodynamic alterations in the recipient twin, but must be differentiated from idiopathic infantile arterial calcification as the clinical implications, treatment, and prognosis may be drastically different.
ISSN:	1047-9511 1467-1107
DOI:	10.1017/S1047951116001979