Doppler demonstration of reversed umbilical blood flow in an acardiac twin

✍ Scribed by Carol B. Benson; Frederick R. Bieber; David R. Genest; Peter M. Doubilet

• Book ID: 102330656
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 477 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870170412

✦ Synopsis

Acardia is a rare anomaly that is unique to monochorionic twins. This bizarre developmental anomaly consists of a wide spectrum of malformations, usually including absence of many organs in the thorax and abdomen, typically with lack of a functional heart (hence the term "acardia"). It has been proposed that the anomaly de-