Open AccessNovel Paradigms for Dialysis Vascular Access
Author(s) -
Michael Allon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03650413
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , nephrology , psychological intervention , dialysis , arteriovenous fistula , stenosis , percutaneous , cardiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry
Nonmaturation of new arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) remains a major barrier to increasing AVF use in hemodialysis patients ([1][1]). Our current clinical paradigm views nonmaturing AVF as a plumbing problem, with efforts directed at augmenting access flow by surgical or percutaneous interventions ([2
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