Vein of galen malformations in neonates: New management paradigms for improving outcomes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1207-1213

  Berenstein, Alex ^a   Fifi, Johanna T ^a   Niimi, Yasunari ^a   Presti, Salvatore ^a   Ortiz, Rafael ^a   Ghatan, Saadi ^b   Rosenn, Barak ^a   Sorscher, Michelle ^a   Molofsky, Walter ^c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Congestive heart failure; Intracranial arteriovenous malformation; Neonate; Therapeutic embolization; Vein of Galen aneurismal malformation

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; ENBUCRILATE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84860273059     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182417be3     Document Type: Review

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