Babies Born After IVF have Higher Risk of Heart Defects: European Society of Cardiology

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The risk of being born with a major heart defect is 36% higher in babies who were conceived after assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), according to results of a very large study published in the European Heart Journal.
Researchers say the finding is important since congenital heart defects are the most common form of birth defects, and some of them are associated with life threatening complications.
The study also shows that the increase in risk is particularly associated with multiple births which are more common in assisted reproduction.
The study was led by Professor Ulla-Britt Wennerholm from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
The research included all liveborn children born in Denmark between 1994 and 2014, all children born in Finland between 1990 and 2014, those born in Norway between 1984 and 2015 and those born in Sweden from 1987 to 2015; more than 7.7 million in total.
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