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Xth INTERNATIONAL HHT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
(Cork, Ireland, 12-15 June 2013)
Tuesday June 11th 17:00-20:00 Registration and welcome reception
Wednesday June 12th 7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-8:15 Welcome and opening remarks
8:15-8:45 Official inauguration of the conference
8:45-9:45. Opening Session (session chairs: Marie Faughnan and Adrian Brady):
Alan Guttmacher, Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development. Bethesda, MD, USA, "The Future of Scientific
Research"
9:45-10:15. Coffee break and poster viewing
10:15-12:00. Session I: Arteriovenous malformations and animal models. Angiogenesis and vascular development (session chairs: Helen Arthur and Suk Paul
Oh)
12:00-13:00. Lunch break and poster viewing
13:00-14:00. Poster session with authors (sessions I-IV) 14:00-16:00. Session II: Hepatic involvement in HHT (concurrent) (session chairs:
Guadalupe García-Tsao and Elisabetta Buscarini) 14:00-16:00. Session III, part 1: Genetics and Genotype/Phenotype in HHT (concurrent) (session chairs: Hans Jurgen Mager and Douglas Marchuk)
16:00-16:30. Coffee break and poster viewing 16:30-18:00. Session III, part 2: Genetics and Genotype/Phenotype in HHT (concurrent) (session chairs: Cesare Danesino and Anette D. Kjeldsen)
16:30-18:30. Session IV: Cellular and molecular involvement in HHT and related pathologies (concurrent) (session chairs: Luisa M. Botella and Chris Hughes)
Thursday June 13th
8:30-10:00. Session V, part 1: Central Nervous System involvement and treatment
in HHT (session chairs: Karel TerBrugge, Sophie Dupuis-Girod)
10:00-10:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
10:30-12:00. Session V, part 2: Central Nervous System involvement and treatment
in HHT (session chairs: Marie Faughnan and Adrian Brady)
12:00-13:00. Lunch break and poster viewing
13:00-14:00. Poster session with authors (sessions V-VIII)
14:00-16:00. Session VI: Molecular diagnostics, markers and epidemiology for HHT
(concurrent) (session chairs: Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir and Beth Roman)
14:00-16:00. Session VII: Antiangiogenic therapies in HHT and outcomes
(concurrent) (session chairs: Carlo Sabba and Michelle Letarte)
16:00-16:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
16:30-18:00. Session VIII. Anemia, and venothrombous complications in HHT
(session chairs: Terry Oconor and Raj S. Kasthuri)
19:00. GRMAB meeting (on invitation only)
Friday June 14th
8:00-8:30. Plenary Session. (session chair: Adrian Brady)
8:30-10:00. Session IX: Pulmonary involvement: PAVMs and pulmonary
hypertension in HHT (session chairs: Robert White, Günther Schneider)
10:00-10:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
10:30-12:15. Session X: Epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding in HHT (session
chairs: Doug Ross and Urban Geisthoff)
12:15- 13:00. Lunch and Poster viewing
13:00-14:00. Poster session with authors (sessions IX-XII)
14:00-16:00. Session XI: Endoglin, ALK1 and Smad4 in TGF-beta and BMP
pathways (concurrent) (session chairs: Carmelo Bernabeu and Sabine Bailly)
14:00-16:00. Session XII: Paediatrics and natural history of HHT (concurrent)
(session chairs: Meir Mei-Zahav and Alan Guttmacher)
16:00-16:30. Coffee break and poster removal
16:30-18:45. Summary and closing session (session chairs: Carmelo Bernabeu and
Urban Geisthoff)
Saturday June 15th
: Patient workshop
08.30-09.00 Registration
Session 1
09.00 – 09.15 Opening of workshop, explanation of goals and design of workshop
Mr. Mike Nolan / Dr. Adrian Brady
09.15 – 09.45 HHT is an equal opportunity disorder
Dr. Bob White
09.45 – 10.15 Genetic aspects of HHT
Dr. Luisa Botella / Dr. Terry O’Connor
10.15 – 10.45 Pulmonary manifestations (incl. PAVM embolization)
Dr. Marie Faughnan / Dr. Terry O’Connor / Dr. Adrian Brady
10.45 – 11.00 Q & A
11.00 -11.30 Coffee break
Session 2
11.30 – 12.00 HHT in pregnancy
Dr. Claire Shovlin
12.00 – 12.30 Liver, GI tract, cardiac aspects
Speaker TBC
12.30 – 12.45 Anaemia& iron deficiency
Dr. Claire Shovlin
12.45 – 13.00 Q & A
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 3
14.00 – 14.30 Cerebral & spinal manifestations
Dr. Karel ter Brugge
14.30 – 15.00 Nosebleeds, telangiectases of the mouth & skin manifestations
Dr. Urban Geisthoff
15.00 – 15.15 Antibiotic prophylaxis and infection
Dr. Luisa Botella
15.15 – 15.30 Cork National HHT Centre – what we do, and why.
Dr. Adrian Brady
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee
Session 4
15.45 – 16.00 Grace Nolan Foundation & HHT International – what’s their role for
the average patient and family
Mr. Mike Nolan / Ms. Marianne Clancy
16.00 – 17.00 Q & A, Round table discussion
Panel of speakers
Detailed Programme
Wednesday June 12th 7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-8:15 Welcome and opening remarks
8:15-8:45 Official inauguration of the conference
8:45-9:45. Opening Session (session chairs: Marie Faughnan and Adrian Brady):
Alan Guttmacher, Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development. Bethesda, MD, USA, "The Future of Scientific
Research"
9:45-10:15. Coffee break and poster viewing
10:15-12:00. Session I: Arteriovenous malformations and animal models.
Angiogenesis and vascular development (session chairs: Helen Arthur and Suk Paul
Oh)
Juan-Carlos López Gutierrez, Director Vascular Anomalies Center and Head of
Pediatric Surgery, La Paz Children’s Hospital Division of Quiron Hospital, Madrid,
Spain “Uncommon Vascular Anomalies” (25+5)
Pathogenesis of arteriovenous malformations in a mouse model of HHT2 (117)
Simon Tual-Chalot, Marwa Mahmoud, Kathleen R. Allinson, S. Paul Oh, Helen
M.Arthur (10+2)
Endothelial cells are the cellular source for the development of arteriovenous
malformations in Alk1 deficiency (136)
Eva M. Garrido-Martín, Yong Hwan Kim, Sewoon Choe, Tyler Cunningham, Zhihua
Jiang, S. Paul Oh (10+2)
Visceral and systemic vascular lesions in patients with non-HHT related pulmonary
arteriovenous malformations (150)
Miyuki Maruno, Hiro Kiyosue, Shuichi Tanoue, Junji Kashiwagi, Shunro Matsumoto,
Hiromu Mori (10+2)
Endoglin and ALK1 play distinct roles in mural cell recruitment and endothelial cell
specification during pathological angiogenesis (67)
Franck Lebrin, Sabrina Martin, Jérémy Thalgott, Diane Bracquart, Samly Srun, Laurent
Venance, Noël Lamandé, Damien Dos-Santos-Luis (10+2)
Modeling Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) With Patient Specific Induced
Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) (86)
Valeria Orlova, Christian Freund, Konstantinos Gkatzis, Yvette Drabsch, Lisa van den
Hil, Frans Disch,Hans-Jurgen Mager, Repke Snijder, Kees Westermann, Peter ten Dijke,
Christine Mummery (10+2)
12:00-13:00. Lunch break and poster viewing
13:00-14:00. Poster session with authors (sessions I-IV)
14:00-16:00. Session II: Hepatic involvement in HHT (concurrent) (session chairs:
Guadalupe García-Tsao and Elisabetta Buscarini)
MANGANESE-RELATED CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY IN HHT PATIENTS
WITH HEPATIC INVOLVEMENT. RELATIONSHIP WITH IRON DEFICIENCY
ANEMIA, HEPATIC VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS AND NEUROLOGICAL
SYMPTOMS 0066
Serra MM1,3,5,8,,Besada C2,8,Saenz A5,Stefani C4,Giunta D6, Bandi JC1,7,3,Causada
Calo N5,8 ,Elizondo MC6,5
Magnetic resonance imaging of the liver in patients with hepatic involvement of HHT
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Massmann A, Geisthoff U, Buecker A, Schneider GK
PREDICTORS OF DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH HHT, LIVER VASCULAR
MALFORMATIONS (LVMs) AND SYMPTOMATIC HEART FAILURE (HF) 0097
Lawrence H. Young, Katharine J. Henderson, Jeffrey S. Pollak, Robert I. White Jr.,Maria
M. Ciarleglio, Yanhong Deng, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
Multidetector Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Splenic
Involvement in Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: A Prospective
Study 0020
Mourad Bensalah, Mostafa El Hajjam, Jacques Sellier, Stephen Binsse, Thierry Chinet,
Joëlle Roume, Augustin Ozanne, Isabelle Bourgault, Gilles Lesur, Jean-Hugues Blondel,
Alexandre Cordier, Sandra Blivet, Carole Fagnou, Marcel Bonay, Carma Karam, Agnès
Nicod-Tran, Sophie Chagnon, Mélanie Eyries, Laurent Gouya, Pascal Lacombe.
“Any major treatment decision regarding HHT should be discussed with a HHT
reference center”: C.A.R.D project for HHT patients 0093
Alicante S1, E Buscarini1, G Manfredi1, De Grazia F1, Lupinacci G1, Menozzi F1,
Brambilla G1, Londoni C1, Crinò S1, Zambelli A1, P Gazzaniga2, S Gandolfi3, PA
Forner4, C Danesino5, C Olivieri5, C Canzonieri5, F Ornati5, F Pagella6, M Grosso7, G
Pongiglione8, E Boccardi9, on behalf of HHT-NET
Improvement of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Related Ischemic
Cholangiopathy Following Treatment with Bevacizumab (0104)
Paraskevi A Vlachou, Errol Colak, Alexander Koculym, Anish Kirpalani, Tae Kyoung
Kim, Gideon M Hirschfield, Marie E Faughnan*
Pulmonary capillary blood volume/alveolo-capillary membrane conductance ratio is
increased in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia patients with liver arteriovenous
malformations (0022)
Matthieu Dubois, Yann Retory, Carole de Picciotto, Jacques Sellier, Mostafa El Hajjam,
Stephen Binsse, Thierry Chinet, Joëlle Roume, Augustin Ozanne, Isabelle Bourgault,
Gilles Lesur, Jean-Hugues Blondel, Alexandre Cordier, Sandra Blivet, Carole Fagnou,
Carma Karam, Agnès Nicod-Tran, Sophie Chagnon, Pascal Lacombe, Mélanie Eyries,
Laurent Gouya, and Marcel Bonay)
Follow-up of HHT patients treated with bevacizumab for severe hepatic vascular
malformations and high cardiac output (Metafore clinical trial) 72
Sophie Dupuis-Girod1, Isabelle Ginon2, Jean-Christophe Saurin3, Denis Marion4, MD,
Elsa Guillot4, Evelyne Decullier5, Marie-France Carette6, Brigitte Gilbert-Dussardier7,
Pierre-Yves Hatron8, Pascal Lacombe9, Bernard Lorcerie10, Sophie Rivière11, Romain
Corre12, Sophie Giraud13, Anne-Emmanuelle Fargeton1, Sabine Bailly14, Gilles
Paintaud15, David Ternant15, Pierre-Jean Valette4, Henri Plauchu1, and Frédéric
Faure16.
14:00-16:00. Session III, part 1: Genetics and Genotype/Phenotype in HHT
(concurrent) (session chairs: Hans Jurgen Mager and Douglas Marchuk)
“Mutation analysis of TGF-beta pathway genes in Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Telangiectasia patients in Japan: Genotype-phenotype correlations in 119 cases”.0054
Hiroko Morisaki, Masaki Komiyama, Osamu Yamada, Keigo Osuga, Takayuki Morisaki,
and Japan HHT Consortium.
“Mutations on a new gene cause a new vascular malformation disorder similar to
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia”006
Whitney L. Wooderchak-Donahue, Jamie McDonald, Brendan O’Fallon, Paul D. Upton,
Wei Li, Beth L. Roman, Sarah Young, Parker Plant, Gyula Tamas, Carmen Langa,
Nicholas W. Morrell, Luisa M. Botella, Carmelo Bernabeu, David A. Stevenson, James R.
Runo, Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir
“Copy Number Variation in Endoglin Locus: Mapping of large deletions in Spanish
families with Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia type 1”.0009
Ana Fontalba, Jose L. Fernández-Luna, Roberto Zarrabeitia, Lucia Recio-Poveda,
Virginia Albiñana, Maria L. Ojeda-Fernández, Carmelo Bernabéu, C, Alcaraz, Luisa M.
Botella
“Endoglin mutational mechanisms and genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary
haemorrhagic telangiectasia”0035.
Govani FS, Giess A, Mollet IG, Begbie ME, Jones MD, Game L, Shovlin CL
16:00-16:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
16:30-18:00. Session III, part 2: Genetics and Genotype/Phenotype in HHT
(concurrent) (session chairs: Cesare Danesino and Anette D. Kjeldsen)
"Clinical expression of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia and digestive lesion
characteristics in patients with SMAD4 mutation."0070
M. Bonjean, S. Giraud, E. Decullier, JC Saurin, P.Edery, S. Dupuis-Girod
“Clinical Analysis of 42 HHT1 and 23 HHT2 Japanese Patients” 0005.
Masaki Komiyama, Tomoya Ishiguro, Osamu Yamada, Hiroko Morisaki
“Genotype-Phenotype correlations in Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Data of
the French Rendu-Osler-Weber cohort.”0069
C. Paez, S. Giraud, G. Lesca, E. Decullier, E. Babin, MF. Carette, R. Corre, P. Duffau,
B. Gilbert-Dussardier, PY. Hatron, JR. Harle, P. Kaminsky, P. Lacombe, C. Lavigne, P.
Lorcerie, P. Magro, S. Rivière, P. Edery, S. Dupuis-Girod
“The Italian Job”: our experience in HHT management” 0103.
C. Olivieri, C. Canzonieri, F. Ornati, F. Pagella, E. Buscarini, L. Lanzarini , G Manfredi ,
E. Matti , F. Chu, P. Gazzaniga , S. Gandolfi , PA Forner , M Grosso , G Pongiglione, E
Boccardi and C. Danesino
“Does genetic status modify pulmonary arteriovenous malformation phenotypes?”0130
A KHALIL, B MONOD, M EYRIS, J CADRANEL, F LEBRIN, MF CARETTE.
16:30-18:30. Session IV: Cellular and molecular involvement in HHT and related
pathologies (concurrent) (session chairs: Luisa M. Botella and Chris Hughes)
Role of macrophages in HHT pathogenesis (139)
Yong Hwan Kim, Se-woon Choe, Eun-Jung Choi, S. Paul Oh
Characterization of a myeloid specific endoglin knock-out mouse: the role of endoglin in
the innate immune response(38)
L Ojeda-Fernández, L Recio-Poveda, P Lastres, HM Arthur, C Bernabéu, LM Botella
No link between CXCR4/SDF-1 abnormalities on mononuclear leucocytes and history of
severe infection in HHT (125)
A Guilhem, S Dupuis-Girod, T Vincent, P Portales, D Cerrutti, P Guilpain, A Le Quellec,
S Riviere
The potential role of endoglin in regulating myeloid cells during resolution of
inflammation (41)
Mirjana Jerkic, Madonna Peter, David Douda, Valentin Sotov, Daniela S Ardelean,
Nades Palaniyar, Michelle Letarte
The endoglin overexpression compromises the immune response in myeloid cells. Novel
insights for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (29)
FJ Blanco, ML Ojeda-Fernandez, M Aristorena, LM Botella, C Bernabeu.
Endoglin deficiency leads to increased endothelial cell permeability(75)
MirjanaJerkic, Zhe Albert Liang, Michelle Letarte
Alk1 and Endoglin regulation of endothelial gap junction expression(96)
DucPhan, Jai-Hyun Kim, Christopher C.W. Hughes
Loss of endothelial endoglin weakens the endothelial barrier to cancer cell
transmigration and leads to increased metastases(120)
Zhenhua Zhai, Rachael Redgrave Simon Tual-Chalot, Helen M Arthur
Endoglin Expression Increases the Pro-Angiogenic Potential of Transplanted CDCs
Following Myocardial Infarction in Mice (119)
Rachael Redgrave, Benjamin Davison, Muhammad Amirrasouli, Bernard Keavney,
Andrew Blamire, Helen M Arthur
Shedding of soluble endoglin is regulated by oxysterols and is involved in hypertension
(57)
AC Valbuena-Diez, FJ Blanco, B Oujo, C Langa, M Gonzalez-Nuñez, E Llano, AM
Pendas, M Díaz, A Castrillo, JM Lopez-Novoa, C Bernabeu
Thursday June 13th
8:30-10:00. Session V, part 1: Central Nervous System involvement and treatment
in HHT (session chairs: Karel TerBrugge, Sophie Dupuis-Girod)
Douglas Marchuk, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
“Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: The Road from Gene Discovery to
Treatment” (25+5)
Malformations of cortical development and brain vessels in patients with hereditary
haemorrhagic telangiectasia 0028
Jean-François Bergerot, Sophie Dupuis-Girod, Yves Berthezene, Tae-Hee Cho, Florence
Tahon, Jérôme Honnorat, Henri Plauchu, Marc Hermier
Cerebral Abscesses as a first symptom of HHT among Danish HHT patients. 0016
Anette Drøhse Kjeldsen, Pernille M.Tørring Henrik Nissen Poul Erik Andersen
MRI and MRA for the Detection of CAVM in patients with HHT. 0059
Massmann A, Geisthoff UW, Buecker A, Schneider GK
10:00-10:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
10:30-12:00. Session V, part 2: Central Nervous System involvement and treatment
in HHT (session chairs: Marie Faughnan and Adrian Brady)
Christian Stapf, University Professor of Neurology, Diderot Sorbonne University Paris
and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology, Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, USA
“Outcomes and Management of Unruptured Brain AVMs”
Micro Brain Vascular Malformations associated with Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Telangiectasia: Arteriovenous Malformations and Capillary Malformations 0008
Takeo Nishida, Karel G terBrugge Timo Krings, Katharine Henderson, Robert I White Jr.
Coincidental and acquired neurovascular malformations and shunts associated with
HHT disorder 0123
K terBrugge, Takeo Nishida, Timo Krings
A Comparison of Hemorrhage and Nonhemorrhage in Patients with CCM1 Common
Hispanic Mutation 0147
Leslie Morrison, Blaine Hart, Beth Baca, Yasir Khan, Jeffrey Nelson, Hélène Choquet,
Amy Akers, Helen Kim
12:00-13:00. Lunch break and poster viewing
13:00-14:00. Poster session with authors (sessions V-VIII)
14:00-16:00. Session VI: Molecular diagnostics, markers and epidemiology for HHT
(concurrent) (session chairs: Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir and Beth Roman)
MiR-205 is a novel biomarker for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia with
antiangiogenic function (37)
Sebastien P. Tabruyn, Sylvain Hansen, Maria-Luisa Ojeda-Fernández, Roberto,
Zarrabeitia, Lucia Recio-Poveda, Nicolas Bovy, Carmelo Bernabéu, Joseph. A. Martial,
Luisa-Maria Botella, Ingrid Struman
Clinical utility of a next generation sequencing panel in the diagnosis of Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) and other syndromes featuring vascular
malformations (7)
Whitney L. Wooderchak-Donahue, Brendan O’Fallon, Tracey Lewis, Jamie McDonald,
Jennifer Stocks1, Parker Plant, David A. Stevenson, J. Fredrik Grimmer, Pinar Bayrak-
Toydemir.
“Multiple deleterious mutations in angiogenesis-related genes generate symptoms
indistinguishable from Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telagiectasia (HHT)”. 0039
Brendan O'Fallon, Whitney Wooderchak-Donahue, Andrew Wilson, Jamie McDonald,
Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir.
Combined genetic, in-silico and functional tools for interpretation of the pathogenic
significance of ACVRL1 missense mutations (63)
Giraud S, Vercherat C, Auboiroux C, Bailly S, Lesca G, Scoazec JY, Calender A
Establishment of an in vitro functional test to screen novel endoglin mutations from
HHT1 patients (48)
Lamribet K, Giraud S, Mallet C, Feige JJ, Bailly S, Tillet E
The prevalence of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia in the UK and associations
with sex, region of residence and socioeconomic status: a population-based study 46
J W Donaldson(1), T M McKeever(1), I P Hall(2), R B Hubbard(1), A W Fogarty(1)
"Urinary angiogenesis biomarkers in Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Update in a longitudinal
study 108
"Catherine D Bachur (1), Kira E Lanier (1), Adam S Curatolo (2), Susan M Connors (2),
Marsha A Moses, MD (2,3)*, and Anne M Comi, MD (1,4,5)*
14:00-16:00. Session VII: Antiangiogenic therapies in HHT and outcomes
(concurrent) (session chairs: Carlo Sabba and Michelle Letarte)
"ELLIPSE Study: A phase-1 study evaluating the tolerance of bevacizumab nasal spray
to treat epistaxis in Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia" 0027
A.-E.Fargeton, F. Faure, A. Ambrun, E. Decullier, F. Chapuis, F. Disant, G. Samson, C
Rioufol, V. Schwiertz, Y. Donazzolo, G. Paintaud, S. Dupuis-Girod.
“Bevacizumab in HHT: a retrospective study of 24 patients” -0126
S. Riviere , A. Guilhem , A-C. Simon , P. Duffau , M-F.Carette , B. Gilbert-Dussardier ,
O.Bletry , J-R.Harle , P. Kaminsky , B. Lorcerie , N.Lerolle , C. Lavigne, J-C. Saurin , A.
Lequellec, S. Dupuis-Girod
“Outcomes of bevacizumab plus laser in the treatment of HHT related epistaxis” 0128.
Whitehouse AB, Ortega I, Gossage JR
“Efficacy and safety of thalidomide for treatment of chronic severe GI bleeding in
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.0131.
G Manfredi, E Buscarini, De Grazia F, Lupinacci G, Menozzi F, Brambilla G, Londoni
C, Alicante S, Crinò S, Zambelli A, PGazzaniga, SGandolfi, PA Forner, C Danesino, C
Olivieri, C Canzonieri, F Ornati, M Grosso, G Pongiglione, E Boccardi
“Beneficial effects of anti-VEGF therapy in the pulmonary vasculature of endoglin and
Alk1 heterozygous mice”.0040
Daniela S. Ardelean, Mirjana Jerkic, Madonna Peter, Michelle Letarte
Anti-angiogenic therapy in HHT: effects on hepatic vasculature in mouse models”.0134.
Daniela S. Ardelean, Mirjana Jerkic, Melissa Yin, Robert S. Kerbe, F. Stuart Foster,
Michelle Letarte
“VEGF antibody can prevent and normalize arteriovenous malformations in an animal
model for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia 2”. 0140.
ChulHan, Se-woon Choe, Yong Hwan Kim , Young-Jae Lee, S. Paul Oh
"Topical timolol for treatment of epistaxis in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
associated with bradycardia - A look at CYP2D6"0052.
"Narendranath Epperla, Murray H Brilliant PHD Humbert, J Vidaillet MD
“Propranolol as antiangiogenic candidate for the therapy of Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Telangiectasia”.0010
Virginia Albiñana, Lucía Recio-Poveda, Roberto Zarrabeitia, Carmelo Bernabéu, Luisa
María Botella
16:00-16:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
16:30-18:00. Session VIII. Anemia, and venothrombous complications in HHT
(session chairs: Terry Oconor and Raj S. Kasthuri)
Developing a tool to assess dietary iron intake in a UK population with HHT 0135
Finnamore H.E.(1,3,4), Le Couteur J.(5), Hickson M.(2), Whelan K.(3), Shovlin C.L.
(1,6)
Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Atrial Fibrillation 0032
Veronique M.M. Vorselaars Sebastiaan Velthuis Martin J. Swaans dr. Johannes J.Mager
Repke J. Snijder dr. Benno J.W. M. Rensing dr. Lucas V. A. Boersma dr. Martijn C. Post
Low serum iron levels are associated with pulmonary emboli/deep venous thromboses
(venous thromboemboli) in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. 0033
Livesey JA, Manning RA, Meek JH, Jackson JE, Kulinskaya E, Laffan MA, Shovlin CL
Iron deficiency is explained by under-replacement of iron losses in hereditary
haemorrhagic telangiectasia 0100
Finnamore H, Le Couteur J, Hickson M, Busbridge B, Whelan K, Shovlin CL
Iron tablet profiling 0102
Gilson C, Busbridge M, Shovlin CL
The tolerance of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents in hereditary haemorrhagic
telangiectasia 0099
Devlin HL, Hosman AE and Shovlin CL
Anemia is an important clinical problem in HHT 0142
1M. Montifar, 2R.S. Kasthuri, 3H. Kim, 4W.L. Young, 1M.E. Faughnan and the HHT
BVMC Investigator Group
19:00. GRMAB meeting (on invitation only)
Friday June 14th
8:00-8:30. Plenary Session. (session chair: Adrian Brady)
Timothy Barrett, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Birmingham
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, England
“Combining rare disease services with research: a European Rare Diseases
Register”
8:30-10:00. Session IX: Pulmonary involvement: PAVMs and pulmonary
hypertension in HHT (session chairs: Robert White, Günther Schneider)
Pulmonary shunt grading on transthoracic contrast echocardiography predicts the
indication for transcatheter embolotherapy of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations.
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S. Velthuis(1), E. Buscarini(2), MWF. Van Gent(1), P. Gazzaniga(3), G. Manfredi(2), C.
Danesino(4), CJJ. Westermann(5), RJ. Snijder(5), JJ. Mager(5), MC. Post(1)
Grade of pulmonary right-to-left shunt on contrast echocardiography and cerebral
complications; a striking association.0014
Sebastiaan Velthuis(1), Elisabetta Buscarini(2), Marco WF van Gent(1), Pietro
Gazzaniga(3), Guido Manfredi(2), Cesare Danesino(4), Wouter J Schonewille(5),
Cornelis JJ Westermann(6), Repke J Snijder(6), Johannes J Mager(6) and Martijn C
Post(1)
Diagnosis and treatment of thoracic complications of pulmonary arteriovenous
malformations: rupture or thrombosis. 22 cases. 0019
Mostafa El Hajjam, Stephen Binsse, Jacques Sellier, Thierry Chinet, Joëlle Roume,
Augustin Ozanne, Isabelle Bourgault, Gilles Lesur, Jean-Hugues Blondel, Alexandre
Cordier, Sandra Blivet, Carole Fagnou, Marcel Bonay, Carma Karam, Agnès Nicod-Tran,
Sophie Chagnon, Mélanie Eyries, Laurent Gouya, Pascal Lacombe.
Oxygen delivery and consumption is preserved in hypoxaemic patients with pulmonary
arteriovenous malformations and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia 0101
Santhirapala V, Howard LSGE, Murphy K, Mukherjee B, Busbridge M, Tighe HC,
Hughes JMB, Jackson JE, Shovlin CL
The role of transthoracic contrast echocardiography in the clinical diagnosis of
hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. 0012
S. Velthuis(1), VMM. Vorselaars(1), MWF. Van Gent(1), CJJ. Westermann(2), RJ.
Snijder(2), JJ. Mager(2), MC. Post(1)
Peri-procedural complications associated with transcutaneous embolisation for
pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: A systematic review and meta-analysis 0047
J W Donaldson(1), I P Hall(2), R B Hubbard(1) , A W Fogarty(1), T M McKeever(1)
Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Management of PAVMs in
Patients with HHT 0062
Schneider GK, Geisthoff UW, Buecker A, Massmann A
Female sex and ENG mutation are associated with an increased risk of PAVM in patients
with definite HHT 0118
Gossage JR(1), Kim H(2), Faughnan ME(3), Young WL(2), and the BVMC
Investigators.
10:00-10:30. Coffee break and poster viewing
10:30-12:15. Session X: Epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding in HHT (session
chairs: Doug Ross and Urban Geisthoff)
Lifestyle and dietary influences on nosebleed severity in hereditary haemorrhagic
telangiectasia 0034
Silva BM, Hosman AE, Devlin HL, Shovlin CL
The Minimally Important Difference in the Epistaxis Severity Score among Patients with
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 0113
Christian A. Merlo 1,2, Jeffrey B. Hoag 3 Sally Mitchell 1 Gina Robinson 1 Stephen
Mathai 1 Peter B. Terry 1 Douglas D. Reh 1
A management algorithm for epistaxis in HHT – a cohort of 363 patients. 0042
Joanne Rimmer (1) & Valerie J Lund (1,2)
Development and validation of an endoscopic staging system for Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) 0115
Douglas D. Reh, Linda X. Yin, Kulsoom Laeeq, Christian A. Merlo
Epistaxis severity does not predict likelihood of brain or lung AVM in HHT, 0133
Whitehead KJ (1), McDonald J (2), Ward PD (3), Wilson K (3)
Long-term results of extensive endoscopic treatment of GI teleangiectases in patients
with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and gastrointestinal bleeding 0092
Crinò S1, E Buscarini1, De Grazia F1, Lupinacci G1, G Manfredi1, Alicante S1,
Zambelli A1, P Gazzaniga2, S Gandolfi3, PA Forner4, C Danesino5, C Olivieri5, C
Canzonieri5, F Ornati5, F Pagella6, M Grosso7, G Pongiglione8, E Boccardi9, on behalf
of HHT-NET
Detection of endonasal telangiectases with Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) in patients
suffering from HHT 0144
B. J. Folz, C.-G. Konnerth
12:15- 13:00. Lunch and Poster viewing
13:00-14:00. Poster session with authors (sessions IX-XII)
14:00-16:00. Session XI: Endoglin, ALK1 and Smad4 in TGF-beta and BMP
pathways (concurrent) (session chairs: Carmelo Bernabeu and Sabine Bailly)
Endothelial endoglin is involved in leukocyte adhesion and transmigration. Isthis a novel
pathogenicmechanism in HHT?(2)
Elisa Rossi, Francisco Sanz-Rodriguez, Nelida Eleno, Annette Düwell, Francisco J.
Blanco, Carmen Langa, Luisa M. Botella, Carlos Cabañas, Jose M. Lopez-Novoa,
Carmelo Bernabeu
BMP9 and BMP10, the two specific ligands for ALK1 are critical for postnatal retinal
vascular remodelling(50)
Nicolas Ricard, Sandrine Levet, DelphineCiais, MarielaSubileau, Christine Mallet, Marie
Bidart, Jean-Jacques Feige, and Sabine Bailly
Circulating Bmp10 acts through endothelial Alk1 to mediate flow-dependent arterial
quiescence(58)
Derek W. Laux, Sarah Young, James P. Donovan, Corrine J. Mansfield, Paul D. Upton,
and Beth L. Roman
ALK5 and ALK1 play antagonistic roles in TGFβ-induced podosome formation in aortic
endothelial cells (76)
Filipa CURADO, Patricia ROTTIERS, Isabel EGANA, Elisabeth GENOT
Targeting Endoglin Activity Improves Survival and Limits Adverse Right Ventricular
Remodeling in a Murine Model of Pulmonary Hypertension(94)
Navin K Kapur, Xiaoying Qiao, Vikram Paruchuri, Emily E Mackey, Gerard H Daly,
Prerna Nepali, Mark J Aronovitz, Michelle Letarte, Richard H. Karas
Atorvastatin prevents endoglin and eNOS decreased expression in TNF-alpha induced
inflammation in HUVECs(51)
Petr Nachtigal, Lenka Zemankova, Michala Varejckova, Jana Pfeiferová, Katerina
Jezkova, Ivana Nemeckova
14:00-16:00. Session XII: Paediatrics and natural history of HHT (concurrent)
(session chairs: Meir Mei-Zahav and Alan Guttmacher)
DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF RESCREENING FOR ARTERIOVENOUS
MALFORMATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC
TELANGIECTASIA 0137 Giuseppe A. Latino, Marie E. Faughnan, Susan Carpenter,
Suhail A. Al-Saleh, Felix Ratjen
Detection of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation by contrast echocardiography in
pediatric hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.0021
Pauline Balagny, Carma Karam, Jacques Sellier, Mostafa El Hajjam, Stephen Binsse,
Thierry Chinet, Joëlle Roume, Augustin Ozanne, Isabelle Bourgault, Gilles Lesur, Jean-
Hugues Blondel, Alexandre Cordier, Sandra Blivet, Carole Fagnou, Marcel Bonay,
Pascal Lacombe, Olivier Dubourg, Nicolas Mansencal.
Children screening for PAVM: 15 years follow-up in The Netherlands.0055
A. Gauthier, A.L. Diederik, CJJ Westermann, R.J Snijder, JJ Mager
Epidemiological survey on cancer rates in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic
telangiectasia and controls 0098
Hosman AE, Devlin HL, Silva BM, Shovlin CL
Clinical manifestation in large cohort of pediatric patients with HHT1 and HHT2: a
cross-sectional study 0106
G.M. Lenato1, P. Giordano2, P. Suppressa1, M. Sangerardi2, P. Piccarreta2, P. Lastella1,
F. Dicuonzo3, A. Scardapane4, M.L. Fiorella5, C. Sabbà1
EPISTAXIS SEVERITY SCORE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH HEREDITARY
HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA 83
DA Stevenson1, J McDonald2,3, P Bayrak-Toydemir2,3, PD Ward4, Wilson K4, K
Whitehead5
Longitudinal study of natural history of arteriovenous malformations in evolutionary age
of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia 0107
P. Suppressa1, P. Giordano2, G.M. Lenato1, M. Sangerardi2, P. Lastella1, D. Quaranta3,
L. Chiumarulo4, R. Valerio1, P. Buonamico5, B. Covella2, D. De Mattia2, C. Sabbà1
A hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia severity score 0141
Giuseppe A Latino and Marie E Faughnan, Helen Kim, William Young, The Brain
Vascular Malformation Consortium
Age of Presentation in HHT: Brain AVM diagnosis vs. epistaxis 0138
Doris Lin(1), Astrid Zessler(2), William Young(3), Marie E. Faughnan (4) and the Brain
Vascular Malformation Consortium (BVMC)
16:00-16:30. Coffee break and poster removal
16:30-18:45. Summary and closing session (session chairs: Carmelo Bernabeu and
Urban Geisthoff)
Dennis L Sprecher, Senior Director Discovery Medicine and Drug Development,
GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA, USA, “Drug Development: A Pharmaceutical
Perspective”
"My life with Endoglin and HHT"
Michelle Letarte, Molecular Structure and Function Program, Hospital for Sick
Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Summaries of Clinical, Basic Science and Genetics areas will be presented by Chris
Hughes, Claire Shovlin and Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir
Evening
Gala dinner
Saturday June 15th
Patient workshop
08.30-09.00 Registration
Sesssion 1
09.00 – 09.15 Opening of workshop, explanation of goals and design of workshop
Mr. Mike Nolan / Dr. Adrian Brady
09.15 – 09.45 HHT is an equal opportunity disorder
Dr. Bob White
09.45 – 10.15 Genetic aspects of HHT
Dr. Luisa Botella / Dr. Terry O’Connor
10.15 – 10.45 Pulmonary manifestations (incl. PAVM embolization)
Dr. Marie Faughnan / Dr. Terry O’Connor / Dr. Adrian Brady
10.45 – 11.00 Q & A
11.00 -11.30 Coffee break
Sesssion 2
11.30 – 12.00 HHT in pregnancy
Dr. Claire Shovlin
12.00 – 12.30 Liver, GI tract, cardiac aspects
Speaker TBC
12.30 – 12.45 Anaemia& iron deficiency
Dr. Claire Shovlin
12.45 – 13.00 Q & A
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Sesssion 3
14.00 – 14.30 Cerebral & spinal manifestations
Dr. Karel ter Brugge
14.30 – 15.00 Nosebleeds, telangiectases of the mouth & skin manifestations
Dr. Urban Geisthoff
15.00 – 15.15 Antibiotic prophylaxis and infection
Dr. Luisa Botella
15.15 – 15.30 Cork National HHT Centre – what we do, and why.
Dr. Adrian Brady
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee
Sesssion 4
15.45 – 16.00 Grace Nolan Foundation & HHT International – what’s their role for
the average patient and family
Mr. Mike Nolan / Ms. Marianne Clancy
16.00 – 17.00 Q & A, Round table discussion
Panel of speakers
POSTERS
Genetics and Genotype/Phenotype in HHT
Genotype-phenotype correlation in a national mutation study of Danish patients with
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 0017
Pernille M. Tørring, Klaus Brusgaard, Lilian Bomme Ousager, Poul Erik Andersen,
Anette D. Kjeldsen.
Consaquinity in HHT- Screening a Family with HHT in Both Parents 0132
Meir Mei-Zahav MD, Hannah Blau MD, Elchanan Bruckheimer MD
Genetic Epidemiology of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Associated with
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations in Japan 0003
Takanobu Shioya, Masahiro Satake, Atsuyoshi Kawagoshi, Kazuhiro Sato, Masaaki
Sano, Hiroshi Ito
Hereditary Haemorhagic Telangiectasia, an Australian cohort: clinical and investigative
features 0095
Manju Salaria(2), Jessica Taylor (1), Michael Bogwitz (1), Alicia McLauchlin (1), Ingrid
Winship (1,3)
Identification of novel variants in Argentinean patients which suffer from Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) 81
Cajal AR. 1-4, Ramirez CV. 1, Bravo NC. 1, Costa LD. 2, Serra MM. 3-4
Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia in North African and Sub-Saharan patients 116
Canzonieri C. (1), Ornati F. (2), Matti E. (3), Chu F. (3), Manfredi G. (4), Olivieri C. (1),
Buscarini E. (4), Pagella F. (3), Danesino C. (1) on behalf of HHT-NET
Capillary microscopy in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: a prospective study of 44
patients 122
S. Rivière (1), E.Marnas (2) , A. Khau Van Kien (2), JP Laroche(2) , B Lorcerie(3) , I
Quere(2)
"SEARCH FOR GENETIC MODIFYING FACTORS FOR HEPATIC VASCULAR
MALFORMATIONS IN HHT 64
Giraud S(1), Dupuis-Girod S(2), Bardel-Danjean C(3), Carette MF (4), Gilbert-
Dussardier B(5), Riviere S(6), Saurin JC(7), Eyries M(8), Kitzis A (9), Decullier E(10),
Lesca G(1), Calender A(1)
"Association of Variants in Inflammatory Genes with Lesion Burden in Familial CCM1
124
Hélène Choquet1, Ludmila Pawlikowska1, Jeff Nelson1, Amy Akers2, Beth Baca3,
Blaine Hart4, Leslie Morrison3, Helen Kim1 for the Brain Vascular Malformation
“Hereditary Haemorrhagic telangiectasia in Las Palmas (Canary Islands) Spain” 0074.
C. Vázquez, A. Santana, L. Recio, C. Bernabéu, LM Botella.
“A Whole Exome Search for Additional HHT Genes” 0011.
Carol J. Gallione, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Kevin Shianna , J.K. Ploos van Amstel , T.G.W.
Letteboer, Nadia Prigoda-Lee, Diane Rushlow, Regan Klatt, Michelle Letarte, C.J.J.
Westermann, Douglas A. Marchuk
Cellular and molecular involvement in HHT and related pathologies
Evidence for a compromised immune system in a Spanish cohort with Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 0073
L Ojeda-Fernández1,2, R Zarrabeitia2,3, MM Serra4, L Recio-Poveda1, C Bernabéu1,2,
LM Botella1,2
"Characterization of circulating endothelial cells in Hereditary Haemorrhagic
Telangiectasia" 105
"P. Suppressa1, G.M. Lenato1, P. Lastella1, V. Liso2, A. Mestice2, C. Margiotta1, E.
Dani1, L. Scagliusi1, A. Mazzocca1, C. Sabbà1
Expression of Endoglin isoforms in the myeloid lineage and their role during ageing and
macrophage polarization (53)
M Aristorena, FJ Blanco, ML Ojeda-Fernandez, M de las Casas-Engel, E Gallardo-Vara,
A Corbi, LM Botella, C Bernabeu
Central Nervous System involvement and treatment in HHT
Clinico-radiological characteristics of primary and secondary neurological manifestations
in a large cohort of HHT patients 0056
M. Gallea (1), P. Favrole (1), B. Marro (2), M. Hermier (3), E. Decuiller (4,6), M.F.
Carette (2,7), J. Dupuis-Girod (5,6), S. Alamowitch (1,7)
Molecular diagnostics, markers and epidemiology for HHT
Molecular and genetic heterogeneity in HHT: The results of 12 years of DNA diagnostics
in the Netherlands. 0112
T.G.W. Letteboer, J.J.Mager, R.J. Snijder, A.J.M. van Erkel, C.J.J. Westermann, J.K.
Ploos van Amstel
Antiangiogenic therapies in HHT and outcomes
Bevacizumab pharmacokinetics influences cardiac output and epistaxis in hereditary
hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) 0071
N. Azzopardi1, S. Dupuis-Girod2, D. Ternant1,3, A.E. Fargeton2, Isabelle Ginon4,
Frédéric Faure5, Evelyne Decullier6, Marie-France Carette7, Brigitte Gilbert-
Dussardier8, Pierre-Yves Hatron9, Pascal Lacombe10, Bernard Lorcerie11, Sophie
Rivière12, Romain Corre13, S. Bailly4, G. Paintaud1,3
Electrical stimulation of single mural cell visualized by fluorescent microscopy as a
valuable tool for HHT high output screening drugs 0068
JérémyThalgott, Damien Dos-Santos-Luis, Laurent Venance, Franck Lebrin.
Efficacy of BaZedoxifene in the treatment of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
Clinical effects and expression analysis. 78
R Zarrabeitia, L Ojeda-Fernández, V Albiñana, C Bernabéu, LM Botella
Local administration of Bevacizumab: a therapeutic option in HHT? 148
"Thomas Kühnel, Christian Rohrmeier
Hepatic involvement in HHT
Abdominal Involvement in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT): a pictorial
review. 0049
Mostafa El Hajjam, Jacques Sellier, Stephen Binsse, Mourad Bensalah, Thierry Chinet,
Joëlle Roume, Augustin Ozanne, Isabelle Bourgault, Gilles Lesur, Jean-Hugues Blondel,
Alexandre Cordier, Sandra Blivet, Carole Fagnou, Marcel Bonay, Carma Karam, Agnès
Nicod-Tran, Sophie Chagnon, Mélanie Eyries, Laurent Gouya, Pascal Lacombe.
Diagnostic performance of Doppler ultrasound for the diagnosis of hepatic vascular
involvement in HHT patients 80
Mariana Kucharczyk 1 3 4, Bruno Ferreyro 2 4, Ezequiel Levy Yeyati 1 3, Noelia Napoli
1, Federico Angriman 2 4, Ricardo Garcia Monaco 1 3, Marcelo Serra 2 3 4
Pulmonary involvement: PAVMs and pulmonary hypertension in HHT
Diagnostic accuracy of the 100% oxygen method in detecting pulmonary right-to-left
shunts compared to transthoracic contrast echocardiography. 0015
S. Velthuis(1), VMM. Vorselaars(1), CJJ. Westermann(2), RJ. Snijder(2), JJ. Mager(2),
MC. Post(1)
Hemoptysis in HHT: a single symptom, various mechanisms. A Pictorial Review 18
Jacques Sellier, Mostafa El Hajjam, Stephen Binsse, Thierry Chinet, Joëlle Roume,
Augustin Ozanne, Isabelle Bourgault, Gilles Lesur, Jean-Hugues Blondel, Alexandre
Cordier, Sandra Blivet, Carole Fagnou, Marcel Bonay, Carma Karam, Agnès Nicod-Tran,
Mélanie Eyries, Laurent Gouya, Sophie Chagnon, Pascal Lacombe.
Embolisation of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (PAVMs) Improves Quality of
Life in Patients with HHT 25
Blivet S, Cobarzan D, Beauchet A, Blondel JH, Bonay M, Bourgault I, Fagnou C, Gouya
L, Lesur G, Ozanne A, Roume J, Lacombe P, Chinet Th
PAVM embolization using overlay roadmap guidance 44
A.L. Diederik MD, M.J.L. van Strijen MD PhD, D.A.F. van den Heuvel MD, M. van
Leersum MD, J.A. Vos MD PhD
Recanalization after Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (PAVM) Embolization 91
A.L. Diederik MD*, J.J. Mager MD PhD**, D.A.F. van den Heuvel MD*, R.J. Snijder
MD**, J.A. Vos MD PhD*
Preliminary results of the PIRANA Trial 45
A.L. Diederik MD*, J.J. Mager MD PhD**, D.A.F. van den Heuvel MD*, M.J.L. van
Strijen MD* PhD, R.J. Snijder MD**, J.A. Vos MD PhD*
Morphological change of the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II in pulmonary arteriovenous
malformations – does size and shape matter? 23
L Ling, K Patatas, G J Robinson
Treatment effectiveness of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with Amplatzer
Vascular Plug IV in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia 90
Rabellino JM¹, Peralta O¹, Levy Yeyati E², Gentile E², Ulla M², Garcia Monaco R¹, Serra
MM³
Transesophageal echocardiography as part of the screening for pulmonary arteriovenous
malformations in HHT 60
Urban Geisthoff, Stephan Weise, Jens Üner, Heinz-Werner Angenendt, Steffen Maune
Direct Hemodynamic Effect of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Embolisation 31.
"V.M.M. Vorselaars, S. Velthuis, J.J. Mager, R.J. Snijder, W.J. Bos, J.A. Vos, M.J.L.
van Strijen, M.C. Post"
Ischaemic stroke risk increases with the severity of pulmonary arteriovenous
malformations 36
Shovlin CL, Livesey JA, Santhirapala V, Tighe HC, and Jackson JE
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation and embolic complications in adult patients with
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: a cross sectional study 0001
"Federico Angriman MD (1), Bruno Ferreyro MD (1), Esteban Javier Wainstein MD (2),
Marcelo Martin Serra MD (3).
The Amplatzer Vascular Plug II – A safe and effective occluder of pulmonary
arteriovenous malformations. 24
L Ling, K Patatas, G J Robinson
Follow-up of the pulmonary right-to-left shunt with transthoracic contrast
echocardiography in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia 30
"Veronique M.M. Vorselaars, Sebastiaan Velthuis, Johannes J. Mager, Repke J. Snijder,
Martijn C. Post"
Estimated Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure in a group of 105 HHT patients discloses
differences in patients carrying ACVRL1 or ENG mutations. 111
F. Ornati (1), C. Canzonieri (2), L. Lanzarini (1), F. Pagella (3), E. Matti (3) , F. Chu (3),
G. Manfredi (4), E. Buscarini (4), M. Comelli (5), C. Danesino (2), C. Olivieri (2) on
behalf of HHT-NET
Impact of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (MAVPs) on Pulmonary Function in
Patients with HHT 26
Rotenberg C, Blivet S, Cobarzan D, Beauchet A, Binsse S, Bonay M, Blondel JH,
Bourgault I, Cordier A, Fagnou C, Gouya L, Lesur G, Ozanne A, Retory Y, Roume J,
Lacombe P, Chinet Th
Epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding in HHT
FIRST PREVALENCE REPORT OF ALLERGY MANIFESTATIONS IN HHT
POPULATION 0084
Serra1 MM, Zarrabeitia2 R, Ojeda-Fernández3 L, Benito1 HJ, Bernabeu3 C Maritano
Furcada1 J, Botella3 LM
EFFICACY OF THALIDOMIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE RECURRENT
EPISTAXIS IN HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA (HHT): ONGOING
RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE STUDY 110.
Carlo Luigi Balduini 1, Francesca Bellistri 1, Fabio Pagella 2, Francesco Chu 2, Elina
Matti 2, Giuseppe Spinozzi 2, Federica Ornati 3, Cecilia Canzonieri 4, Carla Olivieri 4,
Cesare Danesino 4, Marco Benazzo 2, Rosangela Invernizzi 1
Heyde's syndrome and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: report of three cases 87
Carrillo PA1,2,3, Causada Calo N2,3 ,Elizondo MC2,5, Serra MM1,2,4
LASER ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR CHRONIC EPISTAXIS IN HEREDITARY
HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA 89
Urquiola FA (1,3), Lijdens Y (1,3), Serra MM (2,3,4)
The Centre for Rare Disorders services for the HHT group 4
Gunvor A. Ruud and Kristin Iversen
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) IN URUGUAY 146
R Mezzano, Lemos F, Tiscornia A, Pisano S, B Boggia
Customized nasal breathing tubes as an alternative to Young´s procedure in HHT
patients with Epistaxis - preliminary results 143
B. J. Folz, A. M. Chirtesiu, C. G. Konnerth
NASAL HYGIENE EDUCATION AND EPISTAXIS MANAGEMENT: NURSING
INTERVENTION FOR HHT PATIENTS 127
R. Pantalone, E. Leek, J. Lee, M.E. Faughnan
NARROW BAND IMAGING (NBI): FIRST IMPRESSION ABOUT ITS USE IN THE
STUDY OF NASAL TELANGIECTASIAS IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY HHT 109
Francesco Chu 1, Fabio Pagella 1, Elina Matti 1, Giuseppe Spinozzi 1, Dario Zaccari 1,
Carla Olivieri 2, Federica Ornati 3, Elisabetta Buscarini 4, Cesare Danesino 2 on behalf
of HHT-NET
The Relationship of Time and Ambient Air Quality to Epistaxis Severity Scores in
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 114
"Christian A. Merlo 1,2, Roger Peng 2, Jeffrey B. Hoag 3, Sally Mitchell 1, Gina
Robinson 1, Douglas D. Reh 1, Peter B. Terry 1"
Septodermoplasty in HHT: a modified technique. 43
Joanne Rimmer (1) & Valerie J Lund (1,2)
Endoglin, ALK1 and Smad4 in TGF-beta and BMP pathways
Endothelial cells derived from HHT1 patient specific induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSCs) show reduced endoglin (ENG) protein levels and altered downstream signaling
0079
Konstantinos Gkatzis (1), Valeria Orlova (1,2), Christian Freund (1), Peter ten Dijke (2),
Frans Disch (3), Kees Westermann (3), Hans-Jurgen Mager (3), Christine Mummery (1)
ALK-1 deficiency is associated to alterations in arterial pressure regulation 82
González-Núñez M., Oujo B., Pérez-Barriocanal F., López-Novoa JM.
Alteration in Endoglin-Related Angiogenesis in Refractory Cytopenia with Multilineage
Dysplasia 85
Monica del Rey1,2, Miguel Pericacho2,3, Soraya Velasco3, Eva Lumbreras1,2, Jose
Miguel Lopez-Novoa 2,3, Jesus Maria Hernandez-Rivas1,2,4, Alicia Rodriguez-
Barbero2,3
Endoglin Haploinsufficiency Promotes Fibroblast Accumulation during Wound Healing
through Akt Activation 88
Pericacho M, Velasco S, Prieto M, Llano E, López-Novoa JM, Rodríguez-Barbero A
Pediatrics and natural history of HHT
ASSESSING HHT CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA IN CHILDHOOD - THE
ISRAELI NATIONAL CENTER EXPERIENCE 0129
M Mei-Zahav, N Goldschmidt, S Metzger, E Yaniv, H Blau, E Brockheimer
HHT Center of Excellence at Johns Hopkins Hospital –Organization, Screening, and
Treatment Results in Children and Adults 2009-2013 (121)
Faheem Ul Haq, MD; Gina Robinson, RN; Christian A. Merlo, MD; Joseph M. Collaco,
MD; Peter Terry, MD; Sally E. Mitchell, MD.
Comorbidities in HHT patients with Epistaxis 145
B. J. Folz, A. M. Chirtesiu, C.-G. Konnerth
Patients´ Associations Workshop
Consequences of HHT on working life 61
Urban Geisthoff, Ali Al-Habib, Lars Hoffmanns, Steffen Maune
10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HHT UNIT IN SIERRALLANA HOSPITAL (SPAIN)
0077
R Zarrabeitia1, V Diez1, J Bueno1, JA Parra2,, J Zarauza1, A Fontalba2, B Señaris1, M
Bustamante2, J Jordá2, C Menéndez1, JL Fernández Forcelledo1, J Calvo1, R Megía2, J
Rodríguez Iglesias2, C Morales2, L Botella3