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Life after Treatment
Although a vein of Galen malformation can be a life-threatening disorder, a recent study performed at UCSF showed that the majority of children with this condition will go on to lead normal lives after their vein of Galen malformation is fully treated.
If the malformation is large and complex the patient may require several sessions of embolisation in order to close the malformation and reduce blood flow, keeping the patient out of heart failure. While the malformation is not completely closed off the patient may have some areas of developmental delay. Medical research shows that once the malformation is closed off the patient should catch up to development of his or her peers. In addition, children who do not develop heart failure as result of the disease fair particularly well.
