Stent Placement Versus Angioplasty Improves Patency of Arteriovenous Grafts and Blood Flow of Arteriovenous Fistulae
Author(s) -
Micah R. Chan,
Surmeet Bedi,
Robert J. Sanchez,
Henry N. Young,
Yolanda T. Becker,
Paul S. Kellerman,
Alexander S. Yevzlin
Publication year - 2008
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.04831107
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , stent , hemodialysis , arteriovenous fistula , dialysis , confidence interval , percutaneous coronary intervention , radiology , surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction
While endovascular stent placement is the standard of care in most percutaneous coronary and peripheral artery intervention, its role in the salvage of thrombosed and stenotic hemodialysis access remains controversial.
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