Congestive heart failure in a newborn infant with arteriovenous malformation of the vein of Galen: diagnosis using color-coded Doppler image echography

Arteriovenous malformations of the vein of Galen are rare disorders that may appear in the newborn period with severe congestive heart failure mimicking many intrinsic cardiac defects. Using combined two-dimensional ultrasound and color-coded blood flow mapping arterio-venous aneurysm of the vein of Galen and congenital atrial septal defect could be diagnosed in an newborn with congestive heart failure. In addition to the presented clinical value of the new two-dimensional color Doppler echography physiological aspects of intracranial arteriovenous fistula in infancy discussed.