HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA (HHT)

Course overview

HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIAS (HHT) IS AN AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT BLEEDING DISORDER DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MALFORMED VESSELS. THE CONDITION MANIFESTS AS TELANGIECTASIAS AFFECTING THE SKIN AND MUCOSA AND ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS INVOLVING ORGANS LIKE THE LUNG, BRAIN, AND LIVER. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE DISEASE AND EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM’S APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.