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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:2004
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

INVITED COMMENTARY

Markus K. Heinemann, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Langenbeckstr 1, #505Mainz D-55131, Germany

heinemann@uni-mainz.de

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The theoretical possibility of prenatal intervention to alleviate the sequelae of severe forms of congenital heart disease has fascinated cardiovascular researchers for quite some time. When the technical challenges of placing a fetus on cardiopulmonary bypass in utero had been overcome, it soon became evident that placental dysfunction as a result of an increase in placental vascular resistance was prohibiting success. Consequently, research concentrated on the mechanisms of this . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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