• European Reference Network For Rare Vascular Diseases (VASCERN) Outcome Measures For Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). Shovlin CL1,2, Buscarini E3, Kjeldsen AD4, Mager HJ5, Sabba C6, Droege F7, Geisthoff U7,8, Ugolini S9, Dupuis-Girod S10,11. Haematologica. 2019 Feb;104(2):e85-e86. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.209791.
• European Reference Network for Rare Vascular Diseases (VASCERN) position statement on cerebral screening in adults and children with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Eker OF, Boccardi E, Sure U, Patel MC, Alicante S, Alsafi A, Coote N, Droege F, Dupuis O, Fialla AD, Jones B, Kariholu U, Kjeldsen AD, Lefroy D, Lenato GM, Mager HJ, Manfredi G, Nielsen TH, Pagella F, Post MC, Rennie C, Sabbà C, Suppressa P, Toerring PM, Ugolini S, Buscarini E, Dupuis-Girod S, Shovlin CL. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020 Jun 29;15(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01386-9. PMID: 32600364
• Safety of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.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. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019 Aug 28;14(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1179-1
• 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.
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Consensus statement of the VASCERN HTAD Working Group (January 23, 2019): 

In patients with HTAD, Fluoroquinolones should be used with caution because of a possible risk for exacerbation of aortic disease.  The use of alternatives is preferred while awaiting further evidence.

Consensus statement for the screening and management of patients with pathogenic ACTA2 variants (November 21, 2019)

Ingrid M. B. H. van de Laar, Eloisa Arbustini, Bart Loeys, Erik Björck, Lise Murphy, Maarten Groenink, Marlies Kempers, Janneke Timmermans, Jolien Roos-Hesselink, Kalman Benke, Guglielmina Pepe, Barbara Mulder, Zoltan Szabolcs, Gisela Teixidó-Turà, Leema Robert, Yaso Emmanuel, Arturo Evangelista, Alessandro Pini, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Guillaume Jondeau, Julie De Backer European reference network for rare vascular diseases (VASCERN) consensus statement for the screening and management of patients with pathogenic ACTA2 variants. Orphanet J Rare Dis14, 264 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13023-019-1186-2

The MSA WG is currently working on the production of other consensus statement documents on various topics such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in vEDS.

Coming soon!!!!

The PPL-WG is currently working on the production of consensus statement documents on various topics including diagnostic patient pathway for PPL, QoL for children, compression in children.

VASCERN Vascular Anomalies (VASCA) Working Group COVID-19 Statement (March 20, 2020)– initiated by the patient advocacy groups in Europe and the United States and their medical advisory teams and approved by the VASCA WG.

This statement can equally be found in:

French: Information COVID-19 pour les patients porteurs d’ Anomalies Vasculaires et/ou Lymphatiques

Finnish: VASCERN Suonipoikkeavuuksien (VASCA) työryhmä – Tietoa koronaviruksesta (COVID-19) potilaille, joilla on vaikea suonipoikkeavuus

The VASCA-WG is currently working on creating other expert consensus statement documents on various rare vascular anomalies.