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Archives of Disease in Childhood 1998;78:548-551; doi:10.1136/adc.78.6.548
Copyright © 1998 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Arch Dis Child 1998;78:548-551 ( June )

Congenital cardiac anomalies with vein of Galen malformations in infants

D B McElhinney,a V V Halbach,c N H Silverman,b C F Dowd,c F L Hanleya

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, b Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, c Division of Neuroradiology, University of California San Francisco

Correspondence to: Dr D B McElhinney, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M593 San Francisco, CA 94143-0118, USA.


Accepted 4 December 1997

Published reports and personal experience are reviewed relating to patients under 1 year of age diagnosed with a vein of Galen malformation and congenital heart disease. Including five patients from this institution, a total of 23 patients (12 neonates) with congenital heart disease and a vein of Galen malformation have been reported. Six of these had sinus venosus atrial septal defect and nine had aortic coarctation.

Keywords: vein of Galen malformation; congenital heart disease, atrial septal defect; coarctation of the aorta


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