Early Detection Of The Baby's Heart Condition Since In The Content Can Save His Life

JAKARTA - Maintaining heart health is not only started after birth, but can be done since the fetus is still in the womb. Early detection is an important way to find out about congenital heart disorders in the baby so that treatment can be faster and more precise.

Cardiologist and blood vessel consultant pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease, dr. Asmoko Resta Permana Sp.JP(K) FIHA, explains that the fetomaterial ultrasonographic (USG) examination has played a major role in detecting heart disorders in the fetus from an early age.

"When he finds a heart size disorder, or maybe he can see if there is a hole in his structure or what, he will send it to an obstetrician as well, but the expert in the field of congenital disorders as a whole, from head to to toe, his name is a pheomadinal consultant," he said in a discussion on congenital heart disease held in Jakarta as quoted by ANTARA.

According to this doctor who graduated from the University of Indonesia, not all obstetricians have the ability to detect heart disorders. The results of the two-dimensional ultrasound examination also have limitations with an accuracy of around 80 percent, because the image of the fetus can be blocked by the stomach and liquid layers.

Even so, Asmoko added that further examination after the baby was born could increase its accuracy by up to 98 percent. Newborn babies suspected of having congenital heart disorders are usually checked for oxygen saturation.

"So they have screenings done three times, if they don't pass this, something needs to be sent, either to child specialists who are cardiologists or to heart specialists who are children's cardiologists. Well, that's the mechanism already running," he explained.

He emphasized the importance of early detection to prevent serious complications due to late handling. In fact, even though the examination was carried out after symptoms appeared, it was still much better than not undergoing an examination at all. "Come to us later when there are complaints, but that's better than not at all, because if not, then he will fall into a condition of lung hypertension, damaged," he said.

"So the quality of life decreases and the safety rate in the next five years is very low," he added.