Question about Heart on U/S

JetMechBride

My appointment with the specialist was on Friday and both twins were growing perfect and the dr. had no issues with either of them, except a tiny calicum "buildup" on my little girls heart. She told us not to worry, it usually doesn't lead to anything as long as there were no other abnormalities.

I'm not too worried about it, because they told us it wasn't anything to worry about. But I was wondering if anyone else had this happen? What was the outcome?

TIA!!!

Hilarigh

What type of specialist did you see? Was it a perinatologist? Ask if you should/can get a referral to see a pediatric cardiologist for a fetal echocardiogram. The echocardiogram is pretty much a souped up u/s that focuses specifically on the heart development and function. They check to make sure all four ventricles are developing/have developed as they should and that the veins and arteries are doing their job taking blood away from and to the heart. They will likely check out both babies just to be certain.

We didn't have a calcium build up but baby B does have an extra bit of tissue between the top right and left ventricle. They did the echocardiogram and the cardiologist was able to determine that the rest of the heart is developing as it should and it functions normally. She said it will most likely correct itself when the child is born and that a lot of people have this type of abnormality, it's also called a heart murmur. I felt better after the cardiologist told us she didn't see anything of concern than

Good luck. I hope everything turns out OK.

Jstar

One of my twins has a calcium spot on his heart and my specialist said that it could be a marker for down syndrome. The boys are identical and the other twin does not have the spot so the doctor was not too worried..... I did some research and most often the babies turn out fine..... 

blossom

Yep,  I got this exact diagnosis for one of my boys. Sometimes the calcium buildup is just a tech/machine error due to shadowing. I was told that the baby had a higher risk of Down Syndrome, 1:1300, which is still very low. However my babies were born fine, no heart issues.

Try not to worry and good luck!!!

macchiatto

My baby B had "echogenic foci" (not sure if that's the same thing) on his heart that were discovered at the anatomy scan so we were sent for a fetal echocardiogram. The cardiologist said his heart was fine and they were both born healthy.