Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found one-fifth of surgeons diverged from recommended best practice guidelines by using an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The type of arteriovenous access placement, graft or fistula, used first in older patients receiving ...

The increased risk for venous thromboembolism with an arteriovenous graft is one factor for clinicians and patients to consider in the choice of vascular access for hemodialysis. Among permanent ...

early-dialysis-av-fistula-graft-surgery In the first few months of hemodialysis, one additional provider visit per month increased the probability of AV fistula or graft surgery by nearly 5%. When ...

Using a stent graft to keep open failing arteriovenous dialysis grafts results in better patency and fewer reinterventions than angioplasty alone. Twelve-month results of the RENOVA trial were ...

The leading cause of failure of a prosthetic arteriovenous hemodialysis-access graft is venous anastomotic stenosis. Balloon angioplasty, the first-line therapy, has a tendency to lead to subsequent ...

Creation of an arteriovenous fistula could be beneficial for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Decline in estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is slow after the surgery A new study ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to ...

Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to a study published ...