Physician Resources
Educating physicians and health care providers about FMD is a primary goal of the FMDSA. This section provides links to the latest comprehensive articles on FMD as well as an educational PowerPoint developed by our Medical Advisory Board. Please feel free to share this information with staff and colleagues.
March, 2013 NEW DATA FROM THE FMD REGISTRY RELEASED AT THE ACC:
While FMD more commonly affects women, there are important sex–related differences in the clinical manifestations. Men with FMD have higher rates of arterial dissection and aneurysm and prevalence of renal artery involvement. Cerebrovascular signs and symptoms are more common in women. To view the abstract, click here
MORE NEW DATA FROM THE FMDSA FUNDED REGISTRY:
Roughly 1 in 5 FMD patients reported an aneurysm. Male FMD patients were more likely to develop an aneurysm than female FMD patients. FMD patients with aneurysms had earlier onset of hypertensio...n, higher prevalence of subarachnoid hemorrhage, and were more likely to have FMD identified in multiple vascular beds, especially mesenteric and intracranial carotid artery involvement. Further research is needed to determine the cause of arterial aneurysms in FMD and more effectively recognize FMD patients at risk for aneurysm formation. To view the abstract, click here
Data Released in Circulation May, 2012 on the first 447 patients in the United States FMD patient Registry, click here
Upcoming events
Paris update, by Dr PF Plouin. The fifth HEGP (Hopital Europeen G Pompidou) meeting on FMD was held on October 21st. This annual meeting brings together physicians from Bordeaux, Caen , Clermont-Ferrand , Grenoble , Lille , Saint-Etienne , Marseille, Nancy and Toulouse participating in a national network on FMD.
The French network in coordinated in Paris by PF Plouin (Hypertension Unit, HEGP), E Mousseaux (Department of Radiology, HEGP), and E Touzé ( Stroke Center , Hopital Saint-Anne, Paris). A registry designed to document phenotypic and genetic traits in patients with renal and/or cervical artery FMD is used for a national cohort study evaluating the progression of FMD lesions and for pathophysiological and genetic studies.
J Olin and P Mace (USA), as well as P De Leeuw (The Netherlands), A Morganti ( Italy ), and A Persu ( Belgium ) were invited to participate in this year’s meeting in order to exchange information and data and to consider harmonizing the US and the French registries. This would be a first step for organizing cooperative or complementary studies in this rare condition.
Resources
For the most recent data from the FMD Patient Registry presented at the 2012 ACC in Chicago, abstracts are posted on the JACC web site, please click here
Variable Clinical Spectrum of Fibromuscular Dysplasia of the Brachial ArteriesAna Casanegra.
MD1, Vikram Kashyap, MD2, Sandra Yesenko, BA, RVT1, Carmela Tan, MD3, Heather L. Gornik, MD, MHS1 - Cleveland Clinic 2010
Novel Mutation in the Transforming Growth Factor Beta Receptor-1 Gene in a Patient with Cerebrovascular Fibromuscular Dysplasia.
Adeeb Al-Quthami MD¹, Christina Rigelsky MS², Rocio Moran MD², Heather L. Gornik MD MHS¹ - Cleveland Clinic 2010
Endovascular management of spontaneous carotid artery dissection.
Randall C. Edgell, MD, Alex Abou-Chebl, MD, Jay S. Yadav, MD Cleveland, Ohio
Recognizing and managing fibromuscular dysplasia, by Jeffrey W. Olin, D.O.
Medical Grand Rounds, take home lectures by Cleveland Clinic and visiting faculty
Fibromuscular Dysplasia PowerPoint Presentation for Medical Professionals. PowerPoint developed by FMDSA Medical Advisory Board in July 2005.
Fibromuscular Dysplasia, by David P. Slovut, M.D. and Jeffrey W. Olin, D.O. This article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 350:1862-1871 - April, 29 2004).
eMedicine Web Article on Fibromuscular Dysplasia. Article published by James Wilson, MD and Richard Hughes, MD on October 6, 2005.
Fibromuscular Dysplasia, by Susan M. Begelman, MD. and Jeffrey W. Olin, D.O.The article was published in Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2000
Spontaneous Dissection of Carotid & Vertebral Arteries, by Wouter I. Schievink, M.D.Published in The New England Journal of Medicine on March 22, 2001
Listen to Dr. Olin's interview about FMD from the series "Heart Matters" on ReachMD, the channel for medical professionals.
Orphanet
Orphanet is led by a European consortium of around 40 countries, coordinated by the French team. National teams are responsible for the collection of information on specialised clinics, medical laboratories, ongoing research and patient organisations in their country. For information on research, clinical trials and resources in other countries, please click here
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