title: Cerebral hemorrhage and vasospasm in a child with congenital heart disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intracerebral hemorrhages are relatively rare events in children and cerebral vasospasm after such hemorrhages is even more unusual. Children with structural congenital heart disease are particularly at risk for both thrombotic and embolic events but not to isolated hemorrhages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report a case of cerebral vasospasm in a child with structural congenital heart disease after a cerebral hemorrhage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates that this rare occurrence must be swiftly recognized and treated in order to maximize clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA. jcarpent@cnmc.org
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vezina
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006438:Hemodilution; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy