Adding access blood flow surveillance reduces thrombosis and improves arteriovenous fistula patency: a randomized controlled trial.
CONCLUSIONS: QA-based surveillance combining Doppler ultrasound and ultrasound dilution reduces the frequency of thrombosis, is cost effective, and improves thrombosis free and secondary patency in autologous AVF.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02111655.
PMID: 28430315 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research
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