In total, an estimated 27,722 hours were flown giving a mean average of 122 hours, i.e., approximately 10 long-distance flights per lifetime. Conclusions This survey provides a large dataset from individuals with PAVMs/HHT, captured without a bias toward flight usage as in flight-specific surveys. The data suggest long-distance travel is less common than previously thought for the HHT population, which adds greater weight to the previously published association[1] between long-distance travel

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... d cerebral abscess risk. This approach should enable the development of better tools to predict and reduce the risk of cerebral abscess for these patients.