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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2019 May 21;70(5):1543–1554. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.01.069

Table 3.

Presentation and management of carotid cavernous fistulae in patients with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Age/Sex COL3A1 variant Presentation Management, access site Length of stay (days), disposition
49F c.2131G>A, p. Gly544Ser (missense) Rupture Embolization, Percutaneous, 5 Fr, manual pressure closure 7, Home, Alive at 63 14 years follow up
51M IVS8+5 G>A (Exon skip) N/A Embolization, Percutaneous, 5 Fr, manual pressure closure 3, Home, alive at 70
41F c.2337+2T>C, p.Gly762_Lys779del (splice site) Ipsilateral retro-orbital pain, blurry vision, and tinnitus Embolization, Percutaneous, 6 Fr, closure with angioseal (Figure 3) 4, Home. Less than 1 year follow up. Died from unrelated complications
42F Pathogenic Bilateral Non-operative N/A