Conjoined twins born in Panama share heart
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Doctors in Panama say two girls born attached at the abdomen who share the same heart are in intensive care and face a situation with a high mortality rate.
Children's Hospital Director Alberto Bissot says the twins were born early Saturday and also share a pancreas and liver. Bissot said Monday that the girls' heart also has structural abnormalities.
Dr. Honorina Espinosa says the girls' situation is "very complex."
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This is the second time conjoined twins have been born in Panama in little over a year. In the previous case, twin girls born in August 2009 and were separated but one of them died.
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