A master class was held at the Vascular Access at Charing Cross (VA@ CX2017)
conference in April 2017 with invited experts and active audience participation to discuss …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide and its incidence
is rising due to an aging population. The development and progression of CVD is directly …

Irregular hemodynamics affects the progression of various vascular diseases, such
atherosclerosis or aneurysms. Despite the extensive hemodynamics studies on animal …

自体动静脉内瘘功能障碍是血液透析患者常见的并发症, 新生内膜异常增生和血管向外重塑障碍
导致静脉流出道狭窄是其最常见原因. 由于目前对内瘘功能障碍的病理生理机制缺乏足够认识 …

Background and objective: The use of patient-specific CFD modelling for arteriovenous
fistulae (AVF) has shown great clinical potential for improving surveillance, yet the use of …

Background Blood flow-induced wall shear stress is a strong local regulator of vascular
remodeling, but its effects on arteriovenous fistula (AVF) remodeling are unclear. Methods In …

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 …

Disturbed, turbulent-like blood flow promotes chaotic wall shear stress (WSS) environments,
impairing essential endothelial functions and increasing the susceptibility and progression …

Turbulent-like hemodynamics with prominent cycle-to-cycle flow variations have received
increased attention as a potential stimulus for cardiovascular diseases. These turbulent …

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