Clinical details of patients at referral
Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | |
Sex | Female | Female | Female | Male | Female |
Age | 54 | 50 | 40 | 58 | 47 |
family history | + | + | + | + | − |
Telangiectasia | Face | Face | Face | Face | Face |
Epistaxis | − | − | + | + | + |
Clinical symptoms of complications | Dyspnoea | Upper GI bleeding | Abdominal angina | Dyspnoea | Vitality decrease |
Nycturia | Left ventricular hypertrophy | Weight loss | Nycturia | Dyspnoea | |
Left ventricular hypertrophy | Mitral insufficiency | Tricuspidal insufficiency | Vitality decrease | ||
Arrhythmia | Ascites | Ventricular extrasystoles | |||
Hypertension | Congested jugular veins | ||||
Ascites | Steal syndrome | ||||
Hepatomegaly | + | + | + | + | + |
Bruit over the liver | + | + | + | + | + |
Alkaline phosphatase raised | + | + | + | + | + |
GGT raised | + | + | + | + | + |
Cardiac output (l/min) before therapy | 15 | 17,3 | 13 | 12 | 12.5 |
Shunt | Arteriovenous | Arterioportal | Arteriovenous | Arteriovenous | Arteriovenous |
Number of embolisations | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
GGT, γ-glutamyl transferase; GI, gastrointestinal.