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Cardiac Involvement in a Fetus With Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation, Diagnosis and Treatment, a Case Report
Alireza Golbabaei1 , Sara Memarian2 , Mahsa Naemi3 , Azade Rastgar4 , Behdad Gharib2 , Mohamad Taghi Majnoon 5
1- Department of Perinatology and Fetal Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2- Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
3- Department of Gynecology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
4- Shariati Hospital, Karaj, Iran
5- Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , behdad_gharib@hotmail.com
Abstract:   (411 Views)
Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations (VGAMs) is a severe and rare congenital brain vasculature anomaly which causes high mortality and morbidity in fetuses, neonates and infants. It can be identified in pregnancy period with fetal echocardiography. We report here a case of VGAMs with severe cardiac manifestations in the fetus of a pregnant woman at 28th weeks of gestational age.
Keywords: Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation, Fetal heart, Fetal echocardiography
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Type of Study: Case & Review | Subject: Pediatric Cardiology
Received: 2020/02/11 | Accepted: 2020/12/15
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