title: [Neonatal cardiac insufficiency caused by a cerebral arteriovenous fistula. Review of the authors' cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infantil Miguel Servet de Zaragoza.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acín Romero
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laclaustra Mendizabal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerrero Laleona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felipe Villaverde
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: García de la Calzada
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salazar Mena
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Insuficiencia cardiaca neonatal por fístula arteriovenosa cerebral. Revisión de nuestros casos.