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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2016

Syed Javed H. Zaidi Open the ORCID record for Syed Javed H. Zaidi [Opens in a new window] ,
Rupali Gandhi  and
Saad Siddiqui
Syed Javed H. Zaidi*
Affiliation:
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States of America
Rupali Gandhi
Affiliation:
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States of America
Saad Siddiqui
Affiliation:
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States of America
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Correspondence to: S. J. H. Zaidi, Advocate Children’s Hospital, 4440 W95th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, United States of America. Tel: 708 684 5580; Fax: 708 684 4068; E-mail: javedhzaidi@yahoo.com
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Twin-to-twin transfusionintra-arterial calcificationpulmonary artery calcificationENPP1ABCC6
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , May 2017 , pp. 791 - 793
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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