Prenatal detection of heart defects lower in rural, poor areas and among Hispanic women

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Prenatal detection of heart defects lower in rural, poor areas and among Hispanic women

Detecting a critical heart defect before birth (congenital heart defects) is less likely when a mother lives in a rural area, lives in a neighborhood with low socioeconomic status or is Hispanic, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

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