..., arteriovenous fistula (AVF), arteriovenous graft (AVG), and tunneled and cuffed central venous catheter (TC-CVC). However, little is known regarding the association between arterial superficialization (AS) and the mortality of patients. Methods: A nationwide cohort study was conducted using data from...

...Yong Seon Choi; Hyung Seok Lee; Narae Joo; Pyoungju Park; Seung Nam Cho; In Ju Youn; Young Rim Song; Sung Gyun Kim; Jwa-Kyung Kim Introduction: Successful cannulation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is important in patients starting hemodialysis (HD). Metal needles have been used for decades...

...Joyce Z. Qian; Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco; Derek Ng; Bryan Lau Background: Choice of vascular access for older hemodialysis patients presents a special challenge since the rate of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) primary failure is high. The Lok’s risk equation predicting AVF primary failure has achieved...

...Robert J. Nordyke; Heidi Reichert; Lauren C. Bylsma; Jenny J. Jackson; Shawn M. Gage; Jon Fryzek; Prabir Roy-Chaudhury; Theodore Lithgow Introduction: Hemodialysis (HD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients requires vascular access (VA) through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), a prosthetic...

...Alian Al-Balas; Saad Shariff; Timmy Lee; Carlton Young; Michael Allon Background: Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease frequently undergo arteriovenous fistula creation prior to reaching end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but some initiate hemodialysis with a central vein catheter...

...Lauren C. Bylsma; Heidi Reichert; Shawn M. Gage; Prabir Roy-Chaudhury; Robert J. Nordyke; Jon Fryzek; Shannon L.M. Dahl; Theodore Lithgow; Jeffrey H. Lawson Background: Chronic hemodialysis requires a mode of vascular access through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), a prosthetic arteriovenous graft...

...Timmy Lee; Joyce Qian; Mae Thamer; Michael Allon Background: Despite national vascular access guidelines promoting the use of arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) over arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) for dialysis, AVF use is substantially lower in females. We assessed clinically relevant AVF and AVG surgical...

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...Masahito Miyamoto; Noriaki Kurita; Kotaro Suemitsu; Masaaki Murakami Background: Most guidelines recommend the creation of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4. However, an increasing number of studies suggest that early AVF creation leads to high rates...

...Tsung-Yan Chen; Ting-Tse Lin; Mu-Yang Hsieh; Lin Lin; Chung-Wei Yang; Shao-Yuan Chuang; Po-Hsun Huang; Chih-Cheng Wu Background: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) thrombosis is a relevant cause of morbidity in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Hemodialysis Vascular access Arteriovenous fistula Arteriovenous graft Cardiovascular disease Mortality...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. End-stage renal disease Hemodialysis Vascular access Arteriovenous fistula Arteriovenous graft National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 A majority...

...Hoon Suk Park; Woo Jeong Kim; Yong Kyun Kim; Hyung Wook Kim; Bum Soon Choi; Cheol Whee Park; Young Ok Kim; Chul Woo Yang; Yong Lim Kim; Yon Su Kim; Shin-Wook Kang; Nam-Ho Kim; Dong-Chan Jin Background: Poor vessel quality and limited life expectancy in the elderly may make arteriovenous fistula...

...Robert Nee; Deepti S. Moon; Rahul M. Jindal; Frank P. Hurst; Christina M. Yuan; Lawrence Y. Agodoa; Kevin C. Abbott Background: The impact of socioeconomic factors on arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation in hemodialysis (HD) patients is not well understood. We assessed the association of area...

... session. Arteriovenous access Arteriovenous fistula Arteriovenous graft Chronic kidney disease Haemodialysis Table 4 Multivariate analysis for patients on RRT at first AVF creation (n = 404) with time to sustained AV access use as the dependent variable We have shown...

... = 100), peritoneal dialysis (PD; n = 26), hemodialysis (HD) with radial arteriovenous fistula (AVF; n = 62), and HD with brachial AVF (n = 32). Echocardiography including tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of the right ventricle was performed in all patients. Results: Pulmonary pressure values progressively...

...Atsushi Ashizawa; Genjiro Kimura; Toru Sanai; Takashi Inenaga; Yuhei Kawano; Hiroaki Matsuoka; Teruro Omae A 48-year-old woman on maintenance hemodialysis was admitted with her left upper limb swollen and her left jugular vein dilated following the creation of an arteriovenous fistula on her left...

... to in the content or advertisements. Hemodialysis Vascular access Hospitalization End-stage renal disease Nonvascular Access Karnofsky Arteriovenous fistula Arteriovenous graft Nephrologym . ¥ ^American -Û Journal of Clinical Study Am J Nephrol 1996:16:118-123 Onyekachi Ifudua Joan D. Mayersa LindaS...

... models, the renin-angiotensin system has a major role in the development of intimal hyperplasia. We investigated the association of the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and arteriovenous fistula patency in hemodialysis patients. Methods: In a longitudinal study...

... identified by surveillance. Methods: Eighty-six chronic hemodialysis patients with a functioning vascular access were enrolled into the surveillance protocol. All vascular accesses with greater than 50% of monthly Vp readings >120 mm Hg or VABF <500 ml/min in arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and VABF...