Pathomorphologic changes of the cardiovascular system in twins

Abstract

The author reports on primary diseases and on secondary reactions of adaptation in fetal hearts of twins. Cases of fibroelastosis endocardica, cases of hypertrophy of the heart, and the circulatory reactions following feto fetal transfusion in twins, are discussed. Using histochemical methods, several enzymes of the myocardium in deceased twins have been investigated. (Journal received: 19 Feb. 1975)