Anesthetic Considerations for a Patient With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome) Undergoing a Five-Box Thoracoscopic Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation

• Main Authors: Dominic Robinson DO (Author), Barbara Rogers MD (Author), Ritu Kapoor MD (Author), Joseph Swan MD (Author), Gaylynn Speas MD (Author), Rebecca Gutmann MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder involving the abnormal communication of vascular structures. HHT typically presents with recurrent epistaxis and telangiectasis of the nasal and buccal mucosa, tongue, and lips. More serious manifestations of this...