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Successes and shortcomings of fetal echocardiography
1Queen Charlotte's and the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College School of Medicine, London SW3 6NP.
Hospital Medicine (London, England : 1998)
|November 2, 2001
Abstract:
While it is possible to perform balloon valvuloplasty of a critically stenosed pulmonary valve in the fetus safely, the majority of serious heart conditions remain undiagnosed until after birth. This article addresses the successes and shortcomings of fetal cardiology.