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. 1998 Jun;78(6):548–551. doi: 10.1136/adc.78.6.548

Congenital cardiac anomalies with vein of Galen malformations in infants

D McElhinney 1, V Halbach 1, N Silverman 1, C Dowd 1, F Hanley 1
PMCID: PMC1717608  PMID: 9713012

Abstract

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.



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