1. The United States Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia.
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Olin, Jeffrey W., Froehlich, James, Xiaokui Gu, Bacharach, J. Michael, Eagle, Kim, Gray, Bruce H., Jaff, Michael R., Kim, Esther S. H., Mace, Pam, Matsumoto, Alan H., McBane, Robert D., Kline-Rogers, Eva, White, Christopher J., and Gornik, Heather L.
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ARTERIAL diseases , *DYSPLASIA , *INFLAMMATION , *STENOSIS , *ANEURYSMS , *HYPERTENSION , *DISSECTION , *EPIDEMIOLOGY - Abstract
Background--Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), a noninflammatory disease of medium-size arteries, may lead to stenosis, occlusion, dissection, and/or aneurysm. There has been little progress in understanding the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and outcomes since its first description in 1938. Methods and Results--Clinical features, presenting symptoms, and vascular events are reviewed for the first 447 patients enrolled in a national FMD registry from 9 US sites. Vascular beds were imaged selectively based on clinical presentation and local practice. The majority of patients were female (91%) with a mean age at diagnosis of 51.9 (SD 13.4 years; range, 5-83 years). Hypertension, headache, and pulsatile tinnitus were the most common presenting symptoms of the disease. Self-reported family history of stroke (53.5%), aneurysm (23.5%), and sudden death (19.8%) were common, but FMD in first-or second-degree relatives was reported only in 7.3%. FMD was identified in the renal artery in 294 patients, extracranial carotid arteries in 251 patients, and vertebral arteries in 82 patients. A past or presenting history of vascular events were common: 19.2% of patients had a transient ischemic attack or stroke, 19.7% had experienced arterial dissection(s), and 17% of patients had an aneurysm(s). The most frequent indications for therapy were hypertension, aneurysm, and dissection. Conclusions--In this registry, FMD occurred primarily in middle-aged women, although it presents across the lifespan. Cerebrovascular FMD occurred as frequently as renal FMD. Although a significant proportion of FMD patients may present with a serious vascular event, many present with nonspecific symptoms and a subsequent delay in diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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