TY - JOUR
T1 - Failing arteriovenous dialysis fistulas
T2 - Evaluation and treatment
AU - Hunter, D. W.
AU - Castaneda-Zuniga, W. R.
AU - Coleman, C. C.
PY - 1984/1/1
Y1 - 1984/1/1
N2 - A total of 31 patients with 45 episodes of failing arteriovenous dialysis fistulas was studied. Fistula failure was usually due to venous and/or anastomotic stenosis, often in conjunction with thrombosis. Abnormalities were treated by percutaneous dilation and occasionally streptokinase infusion. Most complications and failures occurred either in patients with recently created fistulas or in those with multiple or long segment stenosis associated with thrombosis. Patients with a single nonobstructing stenosis were very successfully treated with percutaneous techniques, which are the treatment of choice for this condition.
AB - A total of 31 patients with 45 episodes of failing arteriovenous dialysis fistulas was studied. Fistula failure was usually due to venous and/or anastomotic stenosis, often in conjunction with thrombosis. Abnormalities were treated by percutaneous dilation and occasionally streptokinase infusion. Most complications and failures occurred either in patients with recently created fistulas or in those with multiple or long segment stenosis associated with thrombosis. Patients with a single nonobstructing stenosis were very successfully treated with percutaneous techniques, which are the treatment of choice for this condition.
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U2 - 10.1148/radiology.152.3.6235536
DO - 10.1148/radiology.152.3.6235536
M3 - Article
C2 - 6235536
AN - SCOPUS:0021201118
VL - 152
SP - 631
EP - 635
JO - Radiology
JF - Radiology
SN - 0033-8419
IS - 3
ER -