A new publication titled Angiotensin receptor blockers and β blockers in Marfan syndrome: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials has been published in The Lancet Journal and is co-authored by several members of our Heritable Thoracic Aortic Diseases Working Group (HTAD WG), Prof. Maarten Groenink, Prof. Julie De Backer, Prof. Arturo Evangelista, …

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The Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Working Group (HHT-WG) has published an article titled European Reference Network for Rare Vascular Diseases (VASCERN): When and how to use intravenous bevacizumab in Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)? in the European Journal of Medical Genetics as part of the VASCERN Special Issue. It is co-authored by members, collaborating experts, and the ePAG …

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We are pleased to report that an article titled The VASCERN European Reference Network: An Overview, published in the European Journal of Medical Genetics is now open access. It is co-authored by Prof. Guillaume Jondeau (VASCERN Coordinator), Julie Hallac, Marine Hurard, Natasha Barr, Karen Daoud, and Ibrahim Donmez. VASCERN is …

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A new paper titled Case report study of thalidomide therapy in 18 patients with severe arteriovenous malformations, co-authored by Prof. Laurence Boon (member of the VASCA-WG) and Prof. Miikka Vikkula (Chair of the VASCA-WG), was recently published in the Nature Cardiovascular Research Journal. Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are fast-flow lesions that …

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A new publication entitled Efficacy of Sirolimus in Patients Requiring Tracheostomy for Life-Threatening Lymphatic Malformation of the Head and Neck: A Report From the European Reference Network has just been published in Frontiers in Pediatrics. It is co-authored by members of the Vascular Anomalies Working Group (VASCA WG) and presents …

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A new publication entitled A human importin-β-related disorder: Syndromic thoracic aortic aneurysm caused by bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in IPO8 has just been published in The American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) and is co-authored by two members of our Heritable Thoracic Aortic Diseases Working Group (HTAD WG), Professor Bart Loeys and Dr. …

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A new collaborative research paper entitled Pregnancy outcome in thoracic aortic disease data from the Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease has been published in Heart. It is co-authored by members of the VASCERN Heritable Thoracic Aortic Diseases Working Group (HTAD-WG) including Prof. Julie De Backer (Chair of HTAD-WG, Prof. Guillaume Jondeau …

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