Hepatic vascular malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: In search of predictors of significant disease

Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1377-1379

  Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe ^a   Swanson, Karen L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOGLIN;

BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART OUTPUT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; PREVALENCE; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 56149108924     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22672     Document Type: Editorial

References (15)

1. Buonamico P, Suppressa P, Lenato GM, Pasculli G, D'Ovidio F, Memeo M, et al. Liver involvement in a large cohort of patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Echo-color-Doppler vs multislice computed tomography study. J Hepatol 2008;48:811-812.
2. Ianora AA, Memeo, M, Sabba C, Cirulli A, Rotondo A, Angelelli G. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Multi-detector row helical CT assessment of hepatic involvement. Radiology 2004;230:250-259.
3. Buscarini E, Danesino C, Olivieri C, Lupinacci G, De Grazia F, Reduzzi L, et al. Doppler ultrasonographic grading of hepatic vascular malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia - results of extensive screening. Ultraschall Med 2004;25:348-355.
4. Garcia-Tsao G, Korzenik JR, Young L, Henderson KJ, Byrd R, Pollak JS, et al. Liver disease in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. N Engl J Med 2000;343:931-936.
5. Garcia-Tsao G. Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). J Hepatol 2007;46:499-507.
6. Lerut J, Orlando G, Adam R, Sabba C, Pfitzmann R, Klempnauer J, et al. Liver transplantation for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Report of the European Liver Transplant Registry. Ann Surg 2006;244:854-864.
7. Gincul R, Lesca G, Gelas-Dore B, Rollin N, Barthelet M, Dupuis-Girod S, et al. Evaluation of previously non-screened hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia patients shows frequent liver involvement and early cardiac consequences. HEPATOLOGY 2008; doi: 10.1002/hep.22514.
8. Bayrak-Toydemir P, McDonald J, Markewitz B, Lewin S, Miller F, Chou LS, et al. Genotype-phenotype correlation in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Mutations and manifestations. Am J Med Genet A 2006;140:463-470.
9. Letteboer TG, Mager HJ, Snijder RJ, Koeleman RP, Lindhout D, Ploos van Amstel HK, et al. Genotype-phenotype relationship in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. J Med Genet 2006;43:371-377.
10. Sabha C, Pasculli G, Lenato GM, Suppressa P, Lastella P, Memeo M, et al. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Clinical feantres in ENG and ALK1 mutation carriers. J Thromb Haemost 2007;5:1149-1157.
11. Lesca G, Olivieri C, Burnichon N, Pagella F, Carette MF, Gilbert-Dussardier B, et al. Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Data from the French-Italian HHT network. Genet Med 2007;9:14-22.
12. Wanless IR, Gryfe A. Nodular transformation of the liver in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1986;110:331-335.
13. Caselitz M, Bahr MJ, Bleck JS, Chavan A, Manns MP, Wagner S, et al. Sonographic criteria for the diagnosis of hepatic involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). HEPATOLOGY 2003;37:1139-1146.
14. Buscarini E, Gebel M, Ocran K, Manfredi G, Del Vecchio BG, Stefanov R, et al. Interobserver agreement in diagnosing liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia by Doppler ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol 2008;34:718-725.
15. Buscarini E, Plauchu H, Garcia-Tsao G, White RI Jr, Sabba C, Miller F, et al. Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: consensus recommendations. Liver Int 2006;26:1040-1046.