Further insights into diastolic dysfunction in first‐trimester trisomy‐21 fetuses

To assess fetal cardiac function in first‐trimester trisomy‐21 fetuses as compared with fetuses with other aneuploidies, euploid fetuses with cardiac defects or isolated increased nuchal translucency (NT) and controls.

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