Tonelli et al. 1 recently performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated surveillance of hemodialysis vascular accesses. It has long been ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an observational cohort study, researchers examined Medicare beneficiaries who recently started using an AV ...

April 23, 2009 — Five of 10 autologous tissue-engineered vascular grafts, implanted as arteriovenous shunts for hemodialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease, continued to function ...

Observational studies suggest that routine measurement of access blood flow and use of Doppler ultrasound can detect subclinical stenosis in hemodialysis vascular accesses. There is, therefore, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of ultrasound guidance may provide reproducible femoral positioning of the anterolateral graft posterior and ...

A heparin-coated endovascular prosthesis has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of stenosis or thrombotic occlusions at the venous anastomosis of synthetic ...

Is there any clinical correlation between Doppler flow data and the degree of stenosis in arteriovenous (AV) grafts for dialysis access? If so, are Doppler flow data a reliable indicator of decline in ...

Scientists at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) and the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been at the forefront of stem cell research ...

Birmingham, AL - Both primary and secondary graft survival are improved through placement of a stent in the stenotic lesion of thrombosed arteriovenous (AV) grafts compared with angioplasty, US ...

CHICAGO—Using covered stents to treat pseudoaneurysms in arteriovenous (AV) grafts significantly increases the risk of graft infection, a study found. “This is the first study to show this correlation ...

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 ...