Ultrasound misses heart defects in fetuses if mother is overweight: Study

MUMBAI: It is important for pregnant women to undergo ultrasound scans to detect heart defects, if any, in fetuses. But a study from Sweden says that over six in every ten serious heart defects in fetuses go undetected in the ultrasound scans. The reason? The mother-to-be is too overweight or overweight for the scan to be effective.

"The lives of children born with serious heart defects are in constant danger; some of them need immediate operations or medical treatment," said Eric Hildebrand of the Linkoping University Hospital Women's Clinic. If the defect is serious, parents can plan the delivery is such a manner that the child gets the needed medical attention immediately at birth. If living in an area with inadequate pediatric heart care, the parents to-be can plan the delivery in a better city, for instance.

Hildebrand said one reason for missing malformations is that the ultrasound image is affected by the body of the mother. For example diagnosis is made more difficult by obesity - a BMI over 30 - which is the case for 13% of the mothers in the Swedish study.

"Subcutaneous fat detracts from the quality of the image, making it more difficult for us to see malformations," said Dr Hildebrand.

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