Background. Despite recent clinical and technological advancements, the vascular access
(VA) for haemodialysis still has significant early failure rates after arteriovenous fistula (AVF) …

Arteriovenous fistula creation is the preferred vascular access for haemodialysis therapy, but
has a large failure rate in the maturation period. This period generally lasts 6 to 8 weeks …

Although our understanding of the failure mechanism of vascular access for hemodialysis
has increased substantially, this knowledge has not translated into successful therapies …

Actual surgical creation of vascular access has unacceptable failure rates of which stenosis
formation is a major cause. We have shown previously in idealized models of side-to-end …

The care and outcome of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on chronic
hemodialysis is directly dependent on their hemodialysis access. A brachiocephalic fistula …

The peripheral immune system is important in neurodegenerative diseases, both in
protecting and inflaming the brain, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive …

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this research was to compare side-to-side (STS) and end-to-side
(ETS) anastomoses in a computer model of the arteriovenous fistula with computational fluid …

The flow rate inside arteriovenous fistulas is many times higher than physiological flow and
is accompanied by high wall shear stress resulting in low patency rates. A fluid–structure …

Arterio-Venous Fistulae (AVF) are the preferred method of vascular access for patients with
end stage renal disease who need hemodialysis. In this study, simulations of blood flow and …

The Ciminio-Brescia arterio-venous fistula is a preferred vascular access for haemodialysis,
but it is often associated with the development of vascular complications, due to changes in …