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Recurrent Access Thrombosis
Author(s) -
Beathard Gerald A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1995.tb00391.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , thrombosis , angioplasty , surgery , polytetrafluoroethylene , radiology , cardiology , materials science , myocardial infarction , metallurgy
A substantial fraction of clotted polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts undergoing thrombolysis and angioplasty clot again within a few months. Is there a place for routine follow‐up fistulograms in these patients, or should we just retreat them as needed? Is there, perhaps, a subgroup that requires special management?