Ultrasound asessment of the fetal foramen ovale

Based on the assumption that the horizontal area between the fetal foramen ovale valve and the atrial septum (the outlet) represents the limiting structure for the foramen ovale flow, our objective was to determine the normal size of this section during the second half of pregnancy.

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