[Neonatal cardiac insufficiency caused by a cerebral arteriovenous fistula. Review of the authors' cases].
Four cases of newborn infants presenting congestive heart failure in the first two weeks of life with the clinical suspicion of cerebral arteriovenous fistula which was subsequently confirmed by cerebral echography or TAC and, after death, by necropsy, are described. Only one patient survived, the one treated surgically.


CONCLUSIONS
It is necessary to carry out urgent diagnosis with an early surgical operation, the only possibility of survival for these children.
Acín Romero
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Hospital Infantil Miguel Servet de Zaragoza.
Laclaustra Mendizabal
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B
Guerrero Laleona
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C
Felipe Villaverde
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J
García de la Calzada
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MD
Salazar Mena
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J
D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
Insuficiencia cardiaca neonatal por fístula arteriovenosa cerebral. Revisión de nuestros casos.