“…However, most individuals with PAVMs have underlying hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), now recognised to carry an independent risk of pulmonary hypertension (PH) [8]. HHT is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, and is most commonly caused by mutations in the genes for endoglin (HHT type 1) or activin receptor-like kinase-1 (HHT type 2) [9].…”