When babies do not get enough Oxygen at the fetus stage at the womb, they are at the risk of developing heart disease in later life, as revealed by a new study.
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According to the study, conditions like pre-eclampsia in mothers often lead to depletion of oxygen in the womb. Changes in the amount of Oxygen available in the womb will have a profound influence on the development of the fetus in both the short and long term and trigger an early origin of heart disease, as per the study of Dr. Dino Giussani.
The researchers looked at pregnancies at high altitude, where Oxygen is restricted and conducted tests on pregnant animals.
They found changes in the way the fetus grew when Oxygen was restricted and crucial alterations in the way key systems in the body developed, thereby putting the baby at the risk of heart disease in future.
As revealed by the scans of the unborn child, the walls of the heart ventricles are thicker and the heart is bigger. There is certainly evidence that low oxygen reveals all the hallmarks of cardiovascular disease prior to birth. However it is difficult to predict how much higher the risk of heart disease is for babies lacking Oxygen in the womb, as revealed by Dr.Giussani
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