Growth in Congenital Heart Disease: Outcome or Predictor?

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Editorial

Thomas A Miller. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018.

. 2018 Sep 4;7(17):e010262.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.010262.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; congenital cardiac defect; fetal development; fetal programming; outcomes research.

Comment on

Effect of Fetal Growth on 1-Year Mortality in Neonates With Critical Congenital Heart Disease.
Steurer MA, Baer RJ, Burke E, Peyvandi S, Oltman S, Chambers CD, Norton ME, Rand L, Rajagopal S, Ryckman KK, Feuer SK, Liang L, Paynter RA, McCarthy M, Moon-Grady AJ, Keller RL, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. Steurer MA, et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Sep 4;7(17):e009693. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009693. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018. PMID: 30371167 Free PMC article.

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