Cardiac catheterization in diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease in thoracopagus conjoined twins

Over the last two decades, surgical separation of thoracopagus conjoined tw ins has become increasingly feasible. Delineation of the degree of cardiac involvement is essential to establish the feasibility of surgical separatio n. We describe our experience of cardiac catheterization both in the diagno sis and management of nine sets of thoracopagus twins who presented to a si ngle center over three decades and discuss its role in conjunction with oth er modern diagnostic modalities. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51: 159-167 , 2000. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.