{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,2]],"date-time":"2026-06-02T09:44:09Z","timestamp":1780393449120,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":47,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"6","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,1]],"date-time":"2021-06-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1622505600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,28]],"date-time":"2021-01-28T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1611792000000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/100012553","name":"Chang Gung Memorial Hospital","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["CMRPG3D1683"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["CMRPG3D1683"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100012553","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100012553","name":"Chang Gung Memorial Hospital","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["CMRPG3G0181"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["CMRPG3G0181"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100012553","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100012553","name":"Chang Gung Memorial Hospital","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["MOST 108-2314-B-182A-085"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["MOST 108-2314-B-182A-085"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100012553","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100004663","name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["CMRPG3D1683"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["CMRPG3D1683"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100004663","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100004663","name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["CMRPG3G0181"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["CMRPG3G0181"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100004663","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100004663","name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["MOST 108-2314-B-182A-085"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["MOST 108-2314-B-182A-085"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100004663","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.jp","clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.com.au","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Journal of the Formosan Medical Association"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,11]],"date-time":"2021-02-11T14:31:44Z","timestamp":1613053904000},"page":"1394-1399","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A Taiwan's experience: A case report and review of literature of successful early intrauterine treatment with radiofrequency ablation in twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"120","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7695-1465","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kok-Seong","family":"Chan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ya-Chun","family":"Chuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5181-5571","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tzu-Yi","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3931-7297","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Steven W.","family":"Shaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"676","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2018.05.011","article-title":"Advantages of cumulative pregnancy outcomes in freeze-all strategy in high responders - a case-control matching analysis of a large cohort","volume":"117","author":"Wu","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Formos Med Assoc"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"92","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2018.01.012","article-title":"Lower rate of early pregnancy loss in patients experiencing early-onset low LH in GnRH antagonist cycles supplemented with menotropin","volume":"118","author":"Yang","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Formos Med Assoc"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1642","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2019.12.006","article-title":"A novel GnRH-antagonist protocol by switching to medroxyprogesterone when patients being at risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome during ovarian stimulation","volume":"119","author":"Huang","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Formos Med Assoc"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"244","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199407283310407","article-title":"The economic impact of multiple-gestation pregnancies and the contribution of assisted-reproduction techniques to their incidence","volume":"331","author":"Callahan","year":"1994","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib5","series-title":"Pathology of the human placenta","first-page":"702","author":"Benirschke","year":"1990"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"921","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-3476(79)80278-4","article-title":"Monozygotic twinning and structural defects","volume":"95","author":"Schinzel","year":"1979","journal-title":"J Pediatr"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"211","DOI":"10.1002\/tera.1420160216","article-title":"A note on the epidemiology of acardiac monsters","volume":"16","author":"James","year":"1997","journal-title":"Teratology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"907","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(90)91094-S","article-title":"Perinatal outcome of forty-nine pregnancies complicated by acardiac twinning","volume":"163","author":"Moore","year":"1990","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib9","first-page":"409","article-title":"Prognostic markers in twin pregnancies with an acardiac fetus","volume":"94","author":"Brassard","year":"1999","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib10","first-page":"285","article-title":"Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence: a study of 14 twin pregnancies with acardius","volume":"7","author":"Van Allen","year":"1983","journal-title":"Semin Perinatol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"520","DOI":"10.1007\/s10024-002-1002-0","article-title":"Malformation in acardiac twins are consistent with reversed blood flow: liver as a clue to their pathogenesis","volume":"6","author":"Gimenez-Scherer","year":"2003","journal-title":"Pediatr Dev Pathol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"356","DOI":"10.1002\/1096-9926(200011)62:5<356::AID-TERA10>3.0.CO;2-V","article-title":"Acardiac anomaly spectrum","volume":"62","author":"Mohanty","year":"2000","journal-title":"Teratology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"341","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1902.tb15905.x","article-title":"Acardiacus anceps","volume":"2","author":"Das","year":"1902","journal-title":"J Obstet Gynaecol Br Emp"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib14","series-title":"Pathology of the placenta","first-page":"100","article-title":"Macroscopic abnormalities of the placenta","author":"Fox","year":"2007"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1002\/tera.1420500306","article-title":"Acardia: predictive risk factors for the co-twin\u2019s survival","volume":"50","author":"Healey","year":"1994","journal-title":"Teratology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"341","DOI":"10.7863\/jum.1991.10.6.341","article-title":"Color-flow and Doppler velocimetry in prenatal diagnosis of acardiac triplet","volume":"10","author":"Al-Malt","year":"1991","journal-title":"J Ultrasound Med"},{"issue":"Suppl","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"680","DOI":"10.1016\/0029-7844(95)00171-M","article-title":"Ablation of acardiac twin by alcohol injection into the intra-abdominal umbilical artery","volume":"86","author":"Sepulveda","year":"1995","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"issue":"4509","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"775","DOI":"10.1126\/science.7196086","article-title":"Genetic studies of an acardiac monster: evidence of polar body twinning in man","volume":"213","author":"Bieber","year":"1981","journal-title":"Science"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib19","first-page":"657","article-title":"Prenatal diagnosis of a human pseudoacardiac anomaly","volume":"61","author":"Gewolb","year":"1983","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1002\/jcu.1870060414","article-title":"Rare occurrence of a holoacardious acephalic monster: sonographic and pathologic findings","volume":"6","author":"Lehr","year":"1978","journal-title":"J Clin Ultrasound"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib21","series-title":"Textbook of fetal abnormalities","first-page":"404","article-title":"Abnormalities of twin pregnancies","author":"Smith","year":"2000"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"458","DOI":"10.1016\/j.siny.2007.06.008","article-title":"Selective cord coagulation in acardiac twins","volume":"12","author":"Diehl","year":"2007","journal-title":"Semin Fetal Neonatal Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib23","first-page":"85","article-title":"Acardiac twins","volume":"23","author":"Pinet","year":"1994","journal-title":"J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"271","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1447-0756.1993.tb00385.x","article-title":"Color and pulsed Doppler ultrasonography of reversed umbilical blood flow in an acardiac twin","volume":"19","author":"Ishimatsu","year":"1993","journal-title":"Asia-Oceania J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib25","series-title":"Diagnostic imaging of fetal anomalies","first-page":"777","article-title":"Multiple gestations","author":"Sebire","year":"2003"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1194","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(89)90187-7","article-title":"Prenatal identification of twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome in the first trimester","volume":"160","author":"Stiller","year":"1989","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1469-0705.1999.13020143.x","article-title":"Diagnosis of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence in the first trimester by transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound","volume":"13","author":"Schwarzler","year":"1999","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib28","first-page":"684","article-title":"Sonographic findings of acardiac twin in the first trimester of pregnancy","volume":"29","author":"Baron","year":"2000","journal-title":"J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"187","DOI":"10.1159\/000075148","article-title":"First-trimester findings associated with twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence","volume":"19","author":"Kamitomo","year":"2004","journal-title":"Fetal Diagn Ther"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"265","DOI":"10.1016\/0028-2243(85)90075-9","article-title":"Placental teratoma or acardius amorphous with amniotic band syndrome","volume":"20","author":"Calame","year":"1985","journal-title":"Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"333","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(85)90298-4","article-title":"Estimation of fetal weight with the use of the head, body, and femur measurements\u2014a prospective study","volume":"151","author":"Hadlock","year":"1985","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1117","DOI":"10.7863\/jum.2001.20.10.1117","article-title":"Fetus acardius: two- and three-dimensional ultrasonographic diagnoses","volume":"20","author":"Bonilla-Musoles","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Ultrasound Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"694","DOI":"10.1007\/s00247-010-1921-2","article-title":"MRI findings in multifetal pregnancies complicated by twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAP)","volume":"41","author":"Guimaraes","year":"2011","journal-title":"Pediatr Radiol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib34","first-page":"647","article-title":"Holoacardius; review of the literature and case report","volume":"2","author":"Gillim","year":"1953","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"582","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(16)36520-6","article-title":"The acardiac monster. A review of the world literature and presentation of 2 cases","volume":"80","author":"Napolitani","year":"1960","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"53","DOI":"10.1159\/000020889","article-title":"Acardiac twins: pathophysiology, diagnosis, outcome, and treatment. Six cases and review of the literature","volume":"14","author":"Sogaard","year":"1999","journal-title":"Fetal Diagn Ther"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1310","DOI":"10.1067\/S0002-9378(03)00597-0","article-title":"The management of acardiac twins: a conservative approach","volume":"189","author":"Sullivan","year":"2003","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"796","DOI":"10.1002\/pd.1269","article-title":"Acardiac anomaly: current issues in prenatal assessment and treatment","volume":"25","author":"Wong","year":"2005","journal-title":"Prenat Diagn"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"213","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2010.04.018","article-title":"The outcome of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence diagnosed in the first trimester","volume":"203","author":"Lewi","year":"2010","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"issue":"Suppl","key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib40","first-page":"708","article-title":"Ligation of the umbilical cord of an acardiac-acephalus twin with an endoscopic intrauterine technique","volume":"82","author":"McCurdy","year":"1993","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"469","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199402173300705","article-title":"Brief report: umbilical-cord ligation of an acardiac twin by fetoscopy at 19 weeks of gestation","volume":"330","author":"Quintero","year":"1994","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"409","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.224","article-title":"Acardiac twin: a systematic review of minimally invasive treatment modalities","volume":"22","author":"Tan","year":"2003","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"14","DOI":"10.1634\/theoncologist.6-1-14","article-title":"Radiofrequency ablation of malignant liver tumors","volume":"6","author":"Curley","year":"2001","journal-title":"Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib44","first-page":"30","article-title":"Cervical spinal cord and dentate delineation in percutaneous radiofrequency cordotomy at the level of the first to second cervical vertebrae","volume":"133","author":"Onofrio","year":"1971","journal-title":"Surg Gynecol Obstet"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"349","DOI":"10.1016\/S0735-1097(87)80388-1","article-title":"Closed chest catheter desiccation of the atrioventricular junction using radiofrequency energy \u2013 a new method of catheter ablation","volume":"9","author":"Huang","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Am Coll Cardiol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"635","DOI":"10.1067\/mob.2002.125242","article-title":"Selective reduction of acardiac twin by radiofrequency ablation","volume":"187","author":"Tsao","year":"2002","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022_bib47","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2006.11.039","article-title":"Efficacy of radiofrequency ablation for twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence","volume":"196","author":"Lee","year":"2007","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"}],"updated-by":[{"DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.06.010","type":"erratum","label":"Erratum","source":"publisher","updated":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,1]],"date-time":"2021-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1638316800000}}],"container-title":["Journal of the Formosan Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0929664621000449?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0929664621000449?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,13]],"date-time":"2021-07-13T15:04:57Z","timestamp":1626188697000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0929664621000449"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]},"references-count":47,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]}},"alternative-id":["S0929664621000449"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022","relation":{"erratum":[{"id-type":"doi","id":"10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.06.010","asserted-by":"object"}]},"ISSN":["0929-6646"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0929-6646","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"A Taiwan's experience: A case report and review of literature of successful early intrauterine treatment with radiofrequency ablation in twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Journal of the Formosan Medical Association","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jfma.2021.01.022","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2021 Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}