
Pregnancy & Women's Issues
Resources addressing HHT-related issues in women including pregnancy, menopause, and birth control.
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Patient Symptom & Care Checklists
Provider Tool – 2020Download and distribute “My HHT Care Checklists” to patients to complete and return to you, including: HHT Care, HHT Diagnosis, Anemia, Brain VMs, Pediatric, Teen Years, Nosebleed, GI Bleeding, Liver VMs, Pregnancy & Delivery, and Pulmonary AVMs….
MoreAbstracts – 13th HHT International Scientific Conference (2019)
Scientific Literature – 2019Angiogenesis. This article can be purchased directly from the publisher. Click to view the article description and purchase options.
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IVF and Preimplantation Genetic Testing for HHT (recorded)
Webinar – 2019Katie Wusik Healy, LGC, MS, Genetic Counselor at the Cincinnati HHT Center of Excellence, talks about pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT), including what you might consider before pursuing PGT. In addition, options for determining if a child has H…
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HHT Scientific Conference Summaries (recorded)
Webinar – 2018Drs. Hughes, Faughnan and Andrejecsk provide a first hand synopsis of the HHT science presented in Dubrovnik, Croatia where over 200 voices were heard from 23 countries. They reviewed the 12th HHT International Conference Executive Summary of…
MoreAbstracts – 12th HHT International Scientific Conference (2017)
Scientific Literature – 2017Angiogenesis. This article can be purchased directly from the publisher. Click to view the article description and purchase options.
MoreExecutive Summary – 12th HHT International Scientific Conference (2017)
Scientific Literature – 2017Angiogenesis. Authors: Jillian W. Andrejecsk, Anna E. Hosman, Luisa M. Botella, Claire L. Shovlin, Helen M. Arthur, Sophie Dupuis-Girod, Elisabetta Buscarini, Christopher C. W. Hughes, Franck Lebrin, Christine L. Mummery, Marco C. Post, and Johannes…
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Let’s Get Personal – HHT in Women (recorded)
Webinar – 2016Dr. Els de Gussem, Director of the HHT Center of Excellence at Grace Hospital AMC in Winnipeg, Canada, takes an in-depth look at the effects of HHT on the changing female body. She discusses the impact of birth control, pregnancy and menopause as wel…
MoreExecutive Summary – 11th HHT International Scientific Conference (2015)
Scientific Literature – 2015Angiogenesis. Authors: Helen Arthur, Urban Geisthoff, James R. Gossage, Christopher C. W. Hughes, Pascal Lacombe, Mary E. Meek, Paul Oh, Beth L Roman, Scott O. Trerotola, Sebastiaan Velthuis, and Whitney Wooderchak-Donahue. This article can be purcha…
MoreAbstracts – 11th HHT International Scientific Conference (2015)
Scientific Literature – 2015Angiogenesis. This article can be purchased directly from the publisher. Click to view the article description and purchase options.
MoreOutcomes of Pregnancy in Women with HHT
Scientific Literature – 2014Obstetrics & Gynecology. Authors: de Gussem, Els M. MD; Lausman, Andrea Y. MD, FRCPC; Beder, Aarin J. MD, CFPC; Edwards, Christine P. BSc; Blanker, Marco H. MD, PhD; Terbrugge, Karel G. MD, FRCPC; Mager, Johannes J. MD, PhD; Faughnan, and Marie E. MD…
MoreHereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Risks for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Scientific Literature – 2012American Journal of Medical Genetics. Authors: Karen Wain, Karen Swanson, William Watson, Elysia Jeavons, Amy Weaver, and Noralane Lindor. This article can be purchased directly from the publisher. Click to view the article description and purchase o…
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