Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — A catheter-based approach to create an endovascular autogenous fistula in patients with chronic ...

Creation of an arteriovenous fistula could be beneficial for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Decline in estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is slow after the surgery A new study ...

This requires durable access to a blood vessel site where the dialysis machine can remove and return blood. Such access is created when a surgeon attaches a vein to an artery in the patient. The ...

Early planning for creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF; e.g. in stage 4 chronic kidney disease [CKD]) is recommended. Patients with stage 4 CKD are potentially at higher risk of nephropathy from ...

Pilot study reveals AV fistula can increase cardiac output and dilation of all heart chambers. Study of AV fistula using cardiovascular MRI reveals increased cardiac output, dilation of heart chambers ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – More than 600,000 people in the United States have end-stage kidney disease, and about 450,000 are kept alive through chronic hemodialysis to remove waste products from their blood.