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Predictors of mortality in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Retrospective questionnaire and healthcare administrative data suggest reduced life expectancy in untreated hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Prospective data suggests similar mortality, to the general population, in Denmark's centre-treated HHT patients. However, clinical phenotypes vary widely in HHT, likely affecting mortality. We aimed to measure predictors of mortality among centre-treated HHT patients. HHT patients were recruited at 14 HHT centres of the Brain Vascular Malformation Consortium (BVMC) since 2010 and followed annually. Vital status, organ vascular malformations (VMs) and clinical symptoms data were collected at baseline and during follow-up (N?=?1286). We tested whether organ VMs, HHT symptoms and HHT genes were associated with increased mortality using Cox regression analysis, adjusting for patient age, sex, and smoking status.

Results

59 deaths occurred over average follow-up time of 3.4 years (max 8.6 years). A history of anemia was associated with increased mortality (HR?=?2.93, 95% CI 1.37-6.26, p?=?0.006), as were gastro-intestinal (GI) bleeding (HR?=?2.63, 95% CI 1.46-4.74, p?=?0.001), and symptomatic liver VMs (HR?=?2.10, 95% CI 1.15-3.84, p?=?0.015). Brain VMs and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) were not associated with mortality (p?>?0.05). Patients with SMAD4 mutation had significantly higher mortality (HR?=?18.36, 95% CI 5.60-60.20, p?ConclusionsChronic GI bleeding, anemia and symptomatic liver VMs are associated with increased mortality in HHT patients, independent of age, and in keeping with the limited treatment options for these aspects of HHT. Conversely, mortality does not appear to be associated with pulmonary AVMs or brain VMs, for which patients are routinely screened and treated preventatively at HHT Centres. This demonstrates the need for development of new therapies to treat chronic anemia, GI bleeding, and symptomatic liver VMs in order to reduce mortality among HHT patients.

SUBMITTER: Thompson KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789194 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Predictors of mortality in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

Thompson K P KP   Nelson J J   Kim H H   Pawlikowska L L   Marchuk D A DA   Lawton M T MT   Faughnan Marie E ME  

Orphanet journal of rare diseases 20210106 1


<h4>Background</h4>Retrospective questionnaire and healthcare administrative data suggest reduced life expectancy in untreated hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Prospective data suggests similar mortality, to the general population, in Denmark's centre-treated HHT patients. However, clinical phenotypes vary widely in HHT, likely affecting mortality. We aimed to measure predictors of mortality among centre-treated HHT patients. HHT patients were recruited at 14 HHT centres of the Brain  ...[more]

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