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Author Response to “Letter to the Editor” “Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Fontan-Related Nephropathy: Considerations About Clinical Usefulness and Physiology” (PEDC-D-20-00743)

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave; Box 21, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Sheetal Patel

  2. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Ascension St. John Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Premchand Anne

  3. Division of Kidney Disease, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Craig B. Langman

  4. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Mark V. Zilberman

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Patel, S., Anne, P., Langman, C.B. et al. Author Response to “Letter to the Editor” “Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Fontan-Related Nephropathy: Considerations About Clinical Usefulness and Physiology” (PEDC-D-20-00743). Pediatr Cardiol 42, 219–220 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-020-02517-6

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