Hybrid salvage of thrombosed dialysis access grafts.

CONCLUSIONS: Hybrid salvage of thrombosed AVGs using high pressure balloon angioplasty of the venous anastomotic stenosis following surgical thrombectomy by Fogarty catheter is a highly successful and safe procedure, with acceptable short-term primary patency. The need for repeated interventions demonstrates the necessity of continuous graft monitoring and surveillance to improve both assisted primary, and secondary patency rates. PMID: 30650950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30650950?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Angiology - January 18, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Angiol Source Type: research