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Fetal echocardiography : A window to the developing heart

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This paper aims to help the reader understand the indications and the underlying physiologic concepts that relate to the findings obtained from a fetal cardiac evaluation. Techniques to obtain the basic fetal echocardiographic views and to identify gross cardiac abnormalities will also be discussed

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    M. Regina L.Lantin MD

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Regina L.Lantin, M. Fetal echocardiography : A window to the developing heart. Indian J Pediatr 69, 507–511 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722654

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