Approximately 8 out of every 1,000 newborns are affected by a congenital heart defect. CHDs remain the most common type of ...

Fetal echo is short for fetal echocardiogram, an ultrasound test doctors use to look for congenital heart disease (CHD). This disease affects around 1% of births each year and encompasses a wide range ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — University Hospitals has opened a specialty clinic that screens high-risk pregnancy patients for fetal abnormalities during the first trimester — up to seven weeks earlier than a ...

When you’re pregnant, it can be scary to hear your baby has an arrhythmia. But what does this actually mean? An arrhythmia is an irregular heart rate — too fast, too slow, or otherwise outside the ...

A healthy fetal heart rate ranges between 110 and 160 beats per minute. A heart rate that is faster or slower than this may indicate that there is an issue that needs further attention. An arrhythmia, ...