It can result in facial duplication, heart abnormalities and duplication or complete absence of a brain.
Here you have an individual who is actually in good health but for some heart abnormalities that are completely treatable.
The study found that a majority of those who died had pre-existing heart abnormalities.
According to studies, those stresses can aggravate previously undetected heart abnormalities, leading to cardiac arrest.
Heart abnormalities, for example, occur at an increased rate in individuals born with cleft palate.
"No evidence of injury was found, but congenital heart abnormalities were detected, which will be further evaluated," the office said in a statement.
For Paul Burgess, 39, and his wife Sarah, 32, both company analysts, the diagnosis of heart abnormalities was a bolt from the blue.
Surveys showed IVF babies may have an increased risk of heart abnormalities, cleft lips, bowel problems and digestive tract disorders.
Similarly, surgical approaches to congenital heart abnormalities have reduced the incidence of congestive heart failure related to congenital syndromes.
In response, Ian Hargreaves wrote an account of how his wife had undergone amniocentesis and, when they discovered that the foetus had Patau's syndrome - a condition that results in brain and heart abnormalities - she had a termination.
And some experts worry that the pendulum may have swung too far away from defibrillators — putting countless lives at risk among people with the heart abnormalities and ailments most likely to cause cardiac arrest.
