•7) fir:. o • Joseph's offers pediatric heart to CM tr UJ o m O 1 CO DC One of the sweetest sounds to a parent's ears is the first audible hearbeat of an unborn child through the obstetrician's stethoscope. That faint "rub-dub" is what tells Mom and Dad-to-be, "Yes, I am really here." But what happens when that some hole heart-shows an abnormality in rhythm or function? What does a parent do if a new infant comes into the world a defect or malformation of its tiny heart? While the majority of infants are born with strong, healthy hearts, eight out of every 1,000 children have heart defects pra-7) 'Sent before birth. But the joy need not turn to fear. AuVSDCCS ID fllCdXCV FCSCattCu flQQ tOBQ" tech procedures - even before birth - are available to -correct m o a cardiac-related According to Dr. John Messina, chief of-> Pediatric Cardiology at SL Joseph's Cnk£~ ren's Hospital in PWTUTI, an affp***1** of The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New 1 oik, special eompoiGUt designed ior even die tiniest of patients gives medical personnel me ability to detect problems prior to the baby's birth. "State-of-the-art equi|»iirca, Kkei features speaker Disturbances in the mother's oxygen supply, infec- at next meeting tions, drugs, smoking and nutritional deficiencies are factors that harm the fetal heart, especially during the first three months of pregnancy. about the tourth week, even though a fetal heartbeat is not detcrtfd until the tenth to 12th week. The tube twists and divides in such a fashion as to form four chambers, valves, and other parts. Since the developing fetus gets its oxygen from the mother's IHUUU, me icQD encntanoB' uy uuses ~ me lungs viaasbonvefad or duct mat links the aorta, me main artery, and the artery. > In the normal course of events, this duct doses shortly after birth and the infant heart, tangs and circulatory system begin to function on their own. Smce the heart's development is so complex, many * cocumstances can anect its the babies bom with congenital defects, the specific cause of the abnormality cannot be identified; in a small number, the defect can be traced to a specific cause, such as die • mother's having rubella or chromosomal abnormalities. -Most mngmitaV heart defects involve eirher an obstruction to blood flow or an tbnpmul routing of blood through the heart with disturbances of the heart's normal rhythm. > Some congenital heart abnormalities may be so mild that they are barely noticeable; < in others may correct themselves in time. However, there arc others that are serious enough to be life threatening or to interfere with normal growth and developmenL bolter lltffllltOPOP nfflpS to eOSUX^ uk6 l&EnCSt defects occur with some frequency. "Cardiac defects don't discriminate," level of specialized care," staled Dr. Disturbances in the mother's oxygen commented Dr. Messina. "We see heart Messina. supply« i nicctKrTtti uiiwtj ^n^flfctwff &DQ problems in children of all races, all socioAnd mis kind of care can be^ especially nutritional deficiencies are among the major economic backgrounds, and in all environreassuring to parents as well as vital to the factors that can harm the fetal heart, espements,'' he added. little patients. cially during die first three months of preDiagnosing treating heart problems as (jp The development of (be fetal heart is a gnancy when die heart is undergoing its basearly as possible is key to turning around a very complex, process, Toe burnsD "^-II^ ic formation. begins to develop from a single tube in about Genetics or heredity also play arolei n ,child's life, and helping that child to have a happy, healthy future. the third week of pregnancy ad starts beating causing heart defects. In about 97 percent of Dr. Sorosh Roshan. •. win discuss "Women's Health Issues — Local. 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