Table 4 Characteristics and causes of death in the 10 patients who died during follow up.

From: Diagnosis and management of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: Experience of the UK national diagnostic service, Sheffield

        

Time under follow-up on treatment or with no treatment, in months (treatment sequence)

Sex

Age at death

Proband/ Relative

vEDS variant

Follow up (years)

CA Score (1stseen)

CA Score (endFU)

Cause of death

ARB

BB

BB&ARB

celi

celi&ARB

no treatment

M

24

P

Group I

1.13

10

20

Ruptured renal artery aneurysm

-

-

-

-

-

13.5

M

29

R

Group I

4.34

0

10

Ruptured thoracic aorta

-

-

-

-

-

52.1

F

31

P

Group I

4.93

0

10

Dissection of thoracic aorta

-

-

-

-

-

59.1

F

19

P

Group II

3.81

0

12

Aortic dissection

-

-

-

-

-

45.8

F

28

P

Group I

1.03

0

10

Renal infarction, infracolic haematoma

-

-

-

12.3

-

 

F

51

P

Group I

2.61

10

20

Vessel rupture in abdomen

-

-

31.3

-

-

 

M

19

R

Group I

0.27

0

10

Aortic dissection

-

-

3.2

-

-

 

F

55

R

Group I

2.46

1

1

Cancera

-

-

27.4(2)

-

-

2.1(1)

F

76

R

Group III

1.99

0

0

Lung cancera

23.8(2)

-

-

-

-

0.1(1)

M

20

P

Group I

5.30

7

17

Aortic dissection

-

31.1(1)

32.5(2)

-

-

 
  1. aHighlighted:death unrelated to vEDS.