The efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the endovascular management of arteriovenous fistula dysfunction: a retrospective analysis in patients with end-stage renal disease.

CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, our findings emphasize favorable safety and efficacy of PTA in the management of dysfunctional hemodialysis AVFs in terms of high technical and clinical success and low rates of residual stenosis, complications and post-PTA recurrence of AVF dysfunction. Male gender, older patient age, younger AVF and longer-segment stenosis were associated with higher likelihood of AVF failure, whereas hypertension and age of AVF were the two significant determinants of increased risk of post-PTA recurrence of AVF dysfunction. PMID: 32298063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Angiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Angiol Source Type: research