RECONSTRUCCION CARDIACA EN GEMELOS TORACOPAGOS MEDIANTE IMAGENES DE TOMOGRAFIA COMPUTADA Y RESONANCIA MAGNETICA

摘要

Congenital malformations are the second childhood mortality cause in in Chile. The purpose of this study is to illustrate the use of advanced imaging techniques for diagnostic of congenital cardiac malformations on conjoined twins. Fetus malformated were preserved in a 10% formaldeide solution in Teratology Unit of Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine at University of Chile. This study begins with conventional techniques, such as X-rays and ultrasound of the thoraco- omphalopagus conjoined twins. The images obtained by CT and MR imaging were archived and worked by a computing program (Somavision) that allows an image to be selectively examined and dissected as well as the complete anatomically reconstruction in situ of systems and organs. The MR imaging was performed at Clinical Hospital JJ Aguirre of University of Chile, and the CT was done at Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, Santiago, Chile whom provided digitalized equip-ment and software for tridimentional cardiac reconstruction