Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations: Critical analysis of the literature with proposal of a new classification system

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-306

  Mortazavi, Martin M ^a   Griessenauer, Christoph J ^a   Foreman, Paul ^a   Shahripour, Reza Bavarsad ^b   Shoja, Mohamp Dali M ^b   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Fisher III, Winfield Stitt ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasjaunias; Litvak; Median prosencephalic vein of Markowski; Vascular disorders; Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation; Vein of Galen dilation; Vein of Galen varix; Ya argil

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VEIN; CARDIOMEGALY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GALEN VEIN; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MACROCEPHALY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROANATOMY; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; STRAIGHT SINUS; TRANSVERSE SINUS; VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATION;

ANEURYSM; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84884492476     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.PEDS12587     Document Type: Article

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