Impact of Age on Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
Vivek N IyerWaleed BrinjikjiDinesh ApalaBibek S PannuAditya KotechaMichael D LeisePatrick S KamathSanjay MisraGiuseppe LanzinoMichael J KrowkaChristopher P WoodKaren L SwansonPublished in: Advances in hematology (2018)
Aging has significant adverse impacts on rates of hospitalization, complications, and outcomes amongst HHT patients in the United States. Except for neurologic complications, the vast majority of this disease burden is borne by patients older than 50 years.