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CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA AND FATAL HEART FAILURE IN THE NEWBORN: A CASE REPORT *
Author(s) -
FINDLAY I. I.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1967.tb01704.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , auscultation , arteriovenous fistula , heart murmur , heart disease , pediatrics , cardiology , surgery
SYNOPSIS Congestive heart failure in children usually occurs in the early months of life and is most often caused by congenital heart disease. This case report of a newborn infant illustrates a rare cause which proved rapidly fatal. It is re‐affirmed that examination of an infant with heart failure should include auscultation of the skull for murmurs produced by arteriovenous malformations.