… angioplasty, a good reason for having an organized program for the prospective diagnosis of
venous … Percutaneous angioplasty has come to be the treatment of choice for these lesions, …

… A database of consecutive hemodialysis patients undergoing endovascular treatment for
central venous stenosis was developed for the period 1995 through 2003. This database was …

… % and a 1-year patency rate of 41% for the first angioplasty in a given graft, and a 6-month …
] for the second angioplasty. CONCLUSION: Performance of serial venous angioplasty …

… of central venous … angioplasty (PTA) in the correction of this condition [5] Subsequently,
however, we noted a very high recurrence rate for central vein lesions compared with venous …

… percutaneous transvenous angioplasty (PTVA) for the … of percutaneous transluminal venous
angioplasty (PTVA) in the … the best approach for screening dialysis patients for stenosis, …

… In this study, we compared PTA with PTS for the treatment of central venous stenosis or
occlusion in patients undergoing hemodialysis. For stenting compared with angioplasty, no …

… transluminal angioplasty and stenting of central venous … treatment of central venous
obstruction were retrospectively … The primary treatment was angioplasty, and stent placement …

… However, to target patients most likely to benefit from venous angioplasty, we restricted
enrollment criteria for phase 2 by including patients who were less disabled (EDSS score ≤5.5) …

… Although we commonly use venography and PTA for the management of peripheral venous
… of this approach for the treatment of symptomatic central venous stenoses and occlusions …

… CONCLUSION: Wallstents are safe to deploy for dialysis access. Wallstents are useful for
treating lesions that fail angioplasty and catheter-related central venous occlusions. …