Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT-WG)

Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) adopted

The Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia Working Group (HHT-WG) follows (and have generated) existing (national and international) guidelines. The guidelines reflect the latest scientific evidence and are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure they remain up-to-date.

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Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
March 13 2023

Faughnan ME, Mager JJ, Hetts SW, Palda VA, Lang-Robertson K, Buscarini E, Deslandres E, Kasthuri RS, Lausman A, Poetker D, Ratjen F, Chesnutt MS, Clancy M, Whitehead KJ, Al-Samkari H, Chakinala M, Conrad M, Cortes D, Crocione C, Darling J, de Gussem E, Derksen C, Dupuis-Girod S, Foy P, Geisthoff U, Gossage JR, Hammill A, Heimdal K, Henderson K, Iyer VN, Kjeldsen AD, Komiyama M, Korenblatt K, McDonald J, McMahon J, McWilliams J, Meek ME, Mei-Zahav M, Olitsky S, Palmer S, Pantalone R, Piccirillo JF, Plahn B, Porteous MEM, Post MC, Radovanovic I, Rochon PJ, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Sabba C, Serra M, Shovlin C, Sprecher D, White AJ, Winship I, Zarrabeitia R. Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Dec 15;173(12):989-1001. doi: 10.7326/M20-1443. Epub 2020 Sep 8. PMID: 32894695.


Safety of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
March 13 2023

Shovlin CL, Millar CM, Droege F, Kjeldsen A, Manfredi G, Suppressa P, Ugolini S, Coote N, Fialla AD, Geisthoff U, Lenato GM, Mager HJ, Pagella F, Post MC, Sabbà C, Sure U, Torring PM, Dupuis-Girod S, Buscarini E; VASCERN-HHT. Safety of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019 Aug 28;14(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1179-1. PMID: 31462308; PMCID: PMC6714298.


Safety of thalidomide and bevacizumab in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
March 13 2023

Buscarini E, Botella LM, Geisthoff U, Kjeldsen AD, Mager HJ, Pagella F, Suppressa P, Zarrabeitia R, Dupuis-Girod S, Shovlin CL; VASCERN-HHT. Safety of thalidomide and bevacizumab in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019 Feb 4;14(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0982-4. PMID: 30717761; PMCID: PMC6360670.


Prevention of serious infections in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: roles for prophylactic antibiotics, the pulmonary capillaries-but not vaccination
March 13 2023

Shovlin C, Bamford K, Sabbà C, Mager HJ, Kjeldsen A, Droege F, Buscarini E, Dupuis-Girod S; VASCERN HHT. Prevention of serious infections in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: roles for prophylactic antibiotics, the pulmonary capillaries-but not vaccination. Haematologica. 2019 Feb;104(2):e85-e86. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.209791. PMID: 30705116; PMCID: PMC6355489.


Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia – Orphanet Encyclopedia for Professionals
March 13 2023

Claire SHOVLIN (UK), Saverio ALICANTE (Italy), Luisa BOTELLA (Spain), Nicky COOTE (UK), Claudia CROCIONE (Italy), Freya DROEGE (Germany), Didier ERASME (France), Anette KJELDSEN (Denmark), David LEFROY (UK), Gennaro Mariano LENATO (Italy), Hans-Jurgen MAGER (The Netherlands), Marco POST (The Netherlands), Carlo SABBÀ (Italy), Patrizia SUPPRESSA (Italy) ; Ulrich SURE (Germany), Pernille TØRRING (Denmark), Sara UGOLINI (Italy), Elisabetta BUSCARINI (Italy), and Sophie DUPUIS-GIROD (France)


European Reference Network For Rare Vascular Diseases (VASCERN) Outcome Measures For Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
March 13 2023

Shovlin CL, Buscarini E, Kjeldsen AD, Mager HJ, Sabba C, Droege F, Geisthoff U, Ugolini S, Dupuis-Girod S. Haematologica. 2019 Feb;104(2):e85-e86. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.209791.


Clinical Practice guidelines: Vascular diseases of the liver
March 13 2023

European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Vascular diseases of the liver. J Hepatol. 2016 Jan;64(1):179-202. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.07.040. Epub 2015 Oct 26. PMID: 26516032.


International guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
March 13 2023

Faughnan ME, Palda VA, Garcia-Tsao G, Geisthoff UW, McDonald J, Proctor DD, Spears J, Brown DH, Buscarini E, Chesnutt MS, Cottin V, Ganguly A, Gossage JR, Guttmacher AE, Hyland RH, Kennedy SJ, Korzenik J, Mager JJ, Ozanne AP, Piccirillo JF, Picus D, Plauchu H, Porteous ME, Pyeritz RE, Ross DA, Sabba C, Swanson K,Terry P, Wallace MC, Westermann CJ, White RI, Young LH, Zarrabeitia R; J Med Genet. 2011


Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: consensus recommendations
March 13 2023

Buscarini E, Plauchu H, Garcia Tsao G, White RI Jr, Sabbà C, Miller F, Saurin JC, Pelage JP, Lesca G, Marion MJ, Perna A, Faughnan ME. Liver Int. 2006.


Diagnostic criteria for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu‐Osler‐Weber syndrome)
February 13 2023

Shovlin CL, Guttmacher AE, Buscarini E, Faughnan ME, Hyland RH, Westermann CJ, Kjeldsen AD, Plauchu H. Am J Med Genet 2000.


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