Two babies, one heart, one chance

Article Abstract:

When Sandra Soto was told that she was pregnant with Siamese twins who shared a heart, Dr Steve Fishman at the Children's Hospital Boston informed Soto and her husband Ramon that he would be able to separate the children, but that probably only one child would be able to survive because there was only one heart. Examination revealed a situation that might kill both children, but one twin died immediately after birth, and the medical team saved the other twin.

Case studies, Twins, Conjoined twins, Complications

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To mend her husband's heart

Article Abstract:

The story of awife's battle to treat her husband's heart condition is presented. Details of how the two met and about their dreams to grow old together are give. The couple finally opted for an experimental human gene therapy on the husband's heart which was successful.

Cases, Heart diseases, Medical genetics

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Two heartbeats: the unborn child could die if the surgeon stopped the mother's heart. But if he didn't proceed, mother and child both might die

Article Abstract:

An unexplained medical miracle happens when an unborn child's heart continues to beat despite a critical medical operation procedure performed on the mother, whose heart had to be stopped in order to reach an aneurysm in the brain.

Physiological aspects, Pregnant women, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Cryopreservation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ cryopreservation, Tissue cryopreservation, Aneurysms, Aneurysm

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