Intimal fibromuscular hyperplasia at the venous anastomosis of PTFE grafts in hemodialysis patients. Clinical, immunocytochemical, light and electron microscopic …

SH Swedberg, BG Brown, R Sigley, TN Wight… - Circulation, 1989 - Am Heart Assoc
Failure of arteriovenous communications used for chronic hemodialysis was studied during
sequential 5-year periods after placement of either endogenous Brescia-Cimino (BC) …

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) subcutaneous arteriovenous conduit: an improved vascular access for chronic hemodialysis

LD Baker Jr, JM Johnson, D Goldfarb - ASAIO Journal, 1976 - journals.lww.com
RESULTS Experinental. None of the 7 grafts developed thromboses, prolonged bleeding, or
infection during the 2 m O trial period. On sacrifice of these animals, the grafts appeared …

Manual thromboaspiration and dilation of thrombosed dialysis access: mid-term results of a simple concept

L Turmel-Rodrigues, M Sapoval, J Pengloan… - Journal of vascular and …, 1997 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of manual thromboaspiration
as a single means of declotting dialysis access. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between …

Parameters of prognostic relevance to the patency of vascular access in hemodialysis patients.

FC Prischl, A Kirchgatterer, E Brandstätter… - Journal of the …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether age, sex, underlying renal disease, or
the performing surgeon is of prognostic relevance to the patency of the vascular access. In a …

Dysfunctional autogenous hemodialysis fistulas: outcomes after angioplasty—are there clinical predictors of patency?

DK Rajan, S Bunston, S Misra, R Pinto, CE Lok - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine the primary and secondary patency rates for fistulas treated with
angioplasty, as well as clinical predictors of fistula patency after angioplasty. MATERIALS …

Prospective, randomized evaluation of a cuffed expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft for hemodialysis vascular access

AJ Sorom, CB Hughes, JT McCarthy, BM Jenson… - Surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. A cuffed expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) hemodialysis graft was
developed to address the problem of recurrent stenosis at the graft-vein anastomosis. The …

Percutaneous intervention for permanent hemodialysis access: a review

RJ Gray - Journal of vascular and interventional radiology, 1997 - Elsevier
FOR the more than 129,000 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the United States (11, the
leading cause for hos~ ital admission is a problem relaied to the life-sustaining access (2) …