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Most cardiovascular defects are best treated after birth. However, for a select group of heart defects, in utero therapy may be an option. Recent advances in methods of prenatal diagnosis and ultrasound guided surgical and catheterization techniques have made fetal therapy possible.
Fetal therapy is performed with the intention of improving or correcting problems that would be too advanced to correct after birth.
Children's Hospital Boston is at the forefront of ultrasound-guided surgery/interventions and has performed these in utero procedures with increasing success.
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