Open AccessPeriprocedural management of vein of galen aneurysmal malformation patients: An 11-year experience
Author(s) -
AjayPrasad Hrishi,
Karen Ruby Lionel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anesthesia essays and researches
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_252_16
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , adverse effect , anesthesia , hydrocephalus , vein , surgery , context (archaeology) , arteriovenous malformation , aneurysm , paleontology , biology
The vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM) is a rare arteriovenous malformation where a dilated median prosencephalic vein provides a low-resistance conduit for intracerebral blood flow resulting in high-output cardiac failure, severe pulmonary hypertension, with or without central nervous system symptoms secondary to hydrocephalus, in the neonatal and pediatric population.
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