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TRAP (Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion) sequence

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Central European Journal of Medicine

Abstract

TRAP (Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion) sequence is a rare malformation that occurs in monozygotic twin pregnancies. Twin weight ratio in our case was 76% (body weight of pump twin was 1800 g, acardiac twin 1370 g), but in spite of that the pump twin had a mild clinical picture with premature birth, fetal hydrops (mild pleural effusion; hypoproteinemia; on the 3rd day of life the baby was without edema and the level of his serum proteins were in referral ranges) and mild myocardial hypertrophy of left ventricle (echocardiography performed on the 28th day of life was normal).

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  1. Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Medical school, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Aleksandra Doronjski, Slobodan Spasojević, Borko Milanović & Vesna Stojanović

  2. Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Medical school, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Taita Stojilković

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Doronjski, A., Stojilković, T., Spasojević, S. et al. TRAP (Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion) sequence. cent.eur.j.med 9, 491–494 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11536-013-0340-9

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