Pregnancy in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) – Part 1

Pregnancy in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) – Part 1 by by Dr. Leema Robert, consultant clinical geneticist, Guys and St. Thomas Hospital , London, UK. Dr. Leema Robert, MSA-WG Chair, explores several cases of women with vascular EDS and three population studies in order to make conclusions and recommendations regarding pregnancy in vascular EDS patients. The recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines are also briefly mentioned. Intended for medical students, trainees or other healthcare professionals. Video in English. This Pill of knowledge (PoK) video was filmed at the Medium-Sized Arteries Working Group (MSA WG)'s face to face meeting and vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) study day in London on July 1st, 2019 with support from the Ehlers-Danlos Society. PoKs are the deliverable for VASCERN Work Package 4 on Pills of Knowledge, defined as short single video lessons in which an expert talks about a specific topic that has been selected and validated by the Rare Disease Working Groups (RDWGs). To learn more about the MSA-WG: https://vascern.eu/expertise/rare-dis...