Table 1

Clinical features and mutations in probands with both pulmonary hypertension (PH) and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

Family No. of proband
608291100
SexFMFF
Known HHT features
 Family history of HHT++++
 Epistaxis++++
 Telangiectasia++++
 Pulmonary AVMNK+
 Hepatic AVMNKNK++
 Other AVMNKNKGIGI
Known PH features
 Age at onset yrs820s4318
 Family history of PPH+
Right heart catheterisation
 Mean Ppa mmHg38NK5065
 Mean Pra mmHg1NK147
 CI L·min−1·m−24.0NK2.82.2
 PVRI µ·m−28NK1444
 SVRI µ·m−214NK2425
Sv,O2 %82NK5650
Sa,O2 %99NK10078
 Acute vasodilator testingNRNKNRNR
 Epoprostenol therapy++++
 Outcome/age yrsAlive/11Dead/29Dead/51Dead/20
ALK‐1 mutation
 Exon1010810
 Nucleic acid change#1450C>T, 1450_1451insG1435C>T1120C>T1385C>G
 Amino acid positionR484WfsX493R479XR374WS462X
 Type of mutationInsertionNonsenseMissenseNonsense
BMPR2 mutation
 Presence/absence
  • AVM: arteriovenous malformation

  • PPH: primary pulmonary hypertension

  • Ppa: pulmonary arterial pressure

  • Pra: right atrial pressure

  • CI: cardiac index

  • PVRI: pulmonary vascular resistance divided by basic surface area

  • SVRI: systemic vascular resistance divided by basic surface area

  • Sv,O2: mixed venous saturation

  • Sa,O2: systemic oxygen saturation

  • ALK‐1: activin receptor-like kinase 1 gene

  • BMRP2: bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II gene

  • F: female

  • M: male

  • NK: not known

  • GI: gastrointestinal

  • NR: no response

  • C: cytosine

  • T: thymine

  • G: guanine

  • >: substitution

  • _: range of affected residues

  • ins: insertion

  • R: arginine

  • W: tryptophan

  • fs: frameshift

  • X: stop codon

  • S: serine

  • +: present

  • –: absent

  • #: at the complementary deoxyribonucleic acid level

  • : mutation previously reported in unrelated families (11, 19 and 20)