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Fetal echocardiography: can early imaging identify fetuses at risk of congenital heart disease?

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boxed-textCarvalho JS et al. (2004) Clinical impact of first and early second trimester fetal echocardiography on high risk pregnancies. Heart 90: 921–926

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