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Radiation doses estimated in infants with congenital heart disease

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“[Ionizing radiation] exposure in early childhood may be associated with an increased risk of malignancy with neonates at especially higher risk due to their higher radiosensitivity and longer life expectancy than adults,” according to presenter Jeannette Wong-Siegel, MD, of the University of Washington in St. Louis, and colleagues.