Substantial differences in arteriovenous fistula maturation were seen across some end-stage renal disease networks, according to a study published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Vascular access is the Achilles’ heel of dialysis therapy.” That is an often-quoted statement in dialysis ...

In a study, arteriovenous fistula blood flow, diameter, and depth were the most informative parameters. Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) blood flow, diameter, and depth, assessed by ultrasound following ...

More than a third of patients required interventions to foster AVF maturation. Intervention is commonly required to foster maturation of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), maintain patency, and treat ...

Washington, DC (October 11, 2018) -- Unfortunately, arteriovenous fistulas, the gold standard for accessing the bloodstream for dialysis, frequently fail to mature and cannot be used. A new study in ...

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 ...

Timmy Lee, MD, MSPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Staff Nephrologist at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is the Associate Director of ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alucent Biomedical Inc., a company dedicated to developing and commercializing its breakthrough AlucentNVS technology for the treatment of vascular disease, announced ...

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.