Background Advantages of the arteriovenous fistula (AVF), including long patency and few
complications, were ascertained more than 2 decades ago and may not apply to the …

BACKGROUND: Many authors report inferior patency rates of distal arteriovenous fistulas in
elderly patients and others present contradictory results. A meta-analysis of available …

CHF Congestive heart failure CKD Chronic kidney disease CO Cardiac output CO2 Carbon
dioxide CPR Cardiopulmonary recirculation CTA Computed tomography angiography CVD …

Fistulas are the preferred permanent hemodialysis vascular access but a significant obstacle
to increasing their prevalence is the fistula's high “failure to mature”(FTM) rate. This study …

Background and objectives: Vascular access standards are predominantly based on older,
single-center reports; however, the hemodialysis population has changed dramatically and …

Results There were 1012 (88.8%) fistulas and 128 (11.2%) grafts. The primary failure rate
was two times greater for fistulas than for grafts: 40% versus 19%(P< 0.001). Cumulative …

The arteriovenous fistula (AVF) was first described and used as a reliable form of
hemodialysis (HD) vascular access (VA) by Brescia et al.(1) in 1966. Improvements in …

OBJECTIVES: Preoperative duplex ultrasound mapping of veins and arteries has been
widely advocated to maximize the creation of native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for …

BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis vascular access dysfunction currently is a huge clinical
problem. Although arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the preferred form of permanent dialysis …

Despite all the progress achieved since Scribner first introduced the arteriovenous (AV)
shunt in 1960 and Cimino and Brescia introduced the native AV fistula in 1962, we have …