The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Placement of an arteriovenous fistula in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis can ...

A new device for the percutaneous creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for hemodialysis access in patients with kidney disease has excellent cumulative patency rates out to 2 years and is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published findings indicated that while patients 77 years or older had lower likelihoods of arteriovenous ...

Patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) who are progressing from stage 4 chronic disease to stage 5, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), typically need dialysis when they reach stage 5. When ...

Each afternoon—after neighbors in her village compound in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in Nigeria’s coastal region, had gone out for the day—Imaobong Dickson would sneak out of her home to wash pieces of ...

Medical conditions involving the airway and digestive tract are often complex, but tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) remains ...

An AV fistula may fail for various reasons, including low or poor blood flow, failure to mature, excessive pain, a sclerotic vein, and a thrombotic vein. Failure can be disheartening to a patient who ...