Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found one-fifth of surgeons diverged from recommended best practice guidelines by using an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an observational cohort study, researchers examined Medicare beneficiaries who recently started using an AV ...

Birmingham, AL - Both primary and secondary graft survival are improved through placement of a stent in the stenotic lesion of thrombosed arteriovenous (AV) grafts compared with angioplasty, US ...

CHICAGO—Using covered stents to treat pseudoaneurysms in arteriovenous (AV) grafts significantly increases the risk of graft infection, a study found. “This is the first study to show this correlation ...

Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to a study published ...

The increased risk for venous thromboembolism with an arteriovenous graft is one factor for clinicians and patients to consider in the choice of vascular access for hemodialysis. Among permanent ...

May 20, 2009 — Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin improves hemodialysis graft patency, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial reported in the May 21 ...

A heparin-coated endovascular prosthesis has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of stenosis or thrombotic occlusions at the venous anastomosis of synthetic ...

Angiography is currently the best method for detection of stenotic lesions in patients with arteriovenous grafts or fistulas. Recent evidence indicates that physical examination can aid the detection ...

A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting found an association between the use of covered stents for treatment of pseudoaneurysms in arteriovenous ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to ...