Development of the Human Placenta and Fetal Heart: Synergic or Independent?
The placenta is the largest fetal organ, and toward the end of pregnancy the umbilical circulation receives at least 40% of the biventricular cardiac output. It is not surprising, therefore, that there are likely to be close haemodynamic links between the development of the placenta and the fetal he...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00373/full |