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Editorial
. 2015 Apr 14;131(15):1307-9.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016024. Epub 2015 Mar 11.

The path forward is to look backward in time: fetal physiology: the new frontier in managing infants with congenital heart defects

Daniel J Licht  1
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Editorial

The path forward is to look backward in time: fetal physiology: the new frontier in managing infants with congenital heart defects

Daniel J Licht. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cerebrovascular circulation; developmental biology; fetal heart; neuroimaging.

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