The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Sep 2 2025 A new study published in  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , the journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, suggests that prenatal detection of congenital heart disease (CHD) has improved in recent years largely due to advances in ultrasound screening practices. The research highlights that adding specific heart views during pregnancy scans has helped doctors detect more heart defects before birth. However, the study also found that detection rates