Examining the Fetal Heart: This Software Is Helping Find Once-Hidden Features Of Congenital Heart Defects

Even for specialists, detecting and treating congenital heart defects is never easy. These defects are relatively rare and often give no warning signs. Diagnosing them during pregnancy is especially difficult. At 18 weeks, for example, you’re dealing with a developing organ that can be the size of an olive and beating between 120 and 160 times per minute.