Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many variables make accurate prediction of hemodialysis start and AVF maturation nearly impossible. Several ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — In this video exclusive, Tony Das, MD, an interventional cardiologist at Walnut Hill Medical Center, ...

Repeated dialysis needling can cause painful aneurysmal fistulas that must be removed. A new, minimally invasive approach will decrease morbidity amonghemodialysis patients and help improve their ...

NEW ORLEANS — With the help of nanotechnology, interventionalists might soon be able to create an immediate and permanent percutaneous arteriovenous fistula that has patency and maturation rates ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared two minimally invasive, catheter-based devices to create arteriovenous (AV) fistulas percutaneously in patients with chronic kidney disease who ...

"Arteriovenous Fistula Pipeline"The therapeutic pipeline for AV fistula creation and maintenance is rapidly evolving, driven by rising ESRD cases and limitations of current surgical methods. Despite ...

NICE did a rapid review of the published literature on the efficacy and safety of this procedure. This comprised a comprehensive literature search and detailed review of the evidence from 8 sources, ...

The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...

Evidence on the safety of percutaneous endovascular forearm arteriovenous fistula creation for haemodialysis access raises no major safety concerns. However, evidence on its efficacy is limited in ...