This presentation is from the 2021 EDS ECHO Summit: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS). vEDS is a genetic connective tissue disorder that causes the blood vessels and organs to be fragile and prone to tearing. The complications of vEDS can be life-threatening and include aneurysm, dissection, and rupture of the arteries and rupture of organs. vEDS may also cause a variety of other symptoms, including extensive bruising and spontaneous pneumothorax. www.ehlers-danlos.com/what-is-eds/vascular-ehlers-…

As a Professor in Genetics at Université de Paris (Descartes), Dr. Xavier Jeunemaitre is in charge of the Department of Genetics at the Hospital Pompidou and a research team at the Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre, UMRS-970, Paris France. He has been appointed in 2019 as the Dean of the Faculty of Health of the Université de Paris.

His main scientific interests are the genetic determinants of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular disorders, among them vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome. Dr. Jeunemaitre authored or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and chapters books.