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Editorial
. 2023 Oct 17;82(16):1624-1627.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.08.039.

Altered In Utero Metabolic Brain Trajectories in CHD: Going Beyond Fetal Brain Structure and Physiology

Ashok Panigrahy  1 , Stefan Blüml  2 , Vidya Rajagopalan  3
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Editorial

Altered In Utero Metabolic Brain Trajectories in CHD: Going Beyond Fetal Brain Structure and Physiology

Ashok Panigrahy et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: 1H-MRS; MRI; brain; congenital heart disease; fetus; metabolites.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures Dr Panigrahy is supported by the Department of Defense (W81XWH-16-1-0613), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL152740-1, R01 HL128818-05), and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with National Institute on Aging (R01HL128818-05 S1). Drs Panigrahy and Rajagopalan are supported by the Additional Ventures Foundation. Dr Blüml is supported by the Rudi Shulte Research Institute. Dr Rajagopalan is supported by the Saban Research Institute and National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K01HL153942).

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