The potential for the in utero development or progression in severity of left heart obstruction and hypoplasia in left heart obstructive lesions necessitates serial prenatal study in affected fetuses carried to term.
N-BNP levels are elevated in the first days of life and are stable from age 4 mo to adolescence. Elevated N-BNP levels reflect cardiac dysfunction in infants and children.
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