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Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease: A Matter of Sensitivity

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  1. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Matthew E. Oster, Tiffany Colarusso & Jill Glidewell

  2. Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, 2835 Brandywine Road, Ste 300, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA

    Matthew E. Oster

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Oster, M.E., Colarusso, T. & Glidewell, J. Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease: A Matter of Sensitivity. Pediatr Cardiol 34, 203–204 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0582-3

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