We present a case of 67-year-old male with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis who was admitted to the hospital after recurrent falls secondary postural hypotension. He not able tolerate fluid removal dialysis due persistent hypotension despite maximal doses midodrine and developed severe edema. A right heart catheterization revealed raised biventricular filling pressure consistent f...

Very rare incidence of vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication caused by central venous catheterization has been reported. The treatment strategy is dependent on location, anatomic structure and coexisting vascular injuries. The Stent-graft placement was performed in a 69-year-old woman who underwent Hemo-Cath® insertion for emergent hemodialysis complicated with right vertebral arter...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred hemodialysis access, but AVF-failure rate is high, and complications from AVF placement are rarely reported. There is no clear consensus on predictors of AVF patency. This study determined AVF outcomes and patency predictors at Mayo Clinic Rochester following the Fistula First Initiative. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS,...

OBJECTIVE Ipsilateral arteriovenous fistula (AVF) may cause symptoms of coronary steal in patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using internal thoracic artery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the adverse effects of ipsilateral AVF to CABG, including the incidence of coronary steal, and to analyze the risk factors for coronary steal. METHODS Between 2000 and ...

Naturally formed arteriovenous fistula (AVF) causing local vascular aneurysm dilatation in the forearm ulnar artery region is rare and is exceedingly uncommon in any age group. Presented is a case of AVF in the left ulnar artery of a 39-year-old man in whom there was no history of trauma; the deformity had been noted since childhood. The AVF had become tortuous and enlarged in size as the patie...

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) overlying an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is rare and presents unique challenges. This case report describes a method of preservation after CSCC excision using flow-through venous free flap. The saphenous vein the flap was used as segment for AVF preservation. inserted along dorsal aspect forearm wound microvascular anastomosis arterial inflow completed j...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the site, early results, and postoperative complications of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation procedures for hemodialysis in our clinic. METHODS The hospital records of 384 patients who underwent 411 AVF creation procedures for hemodialysis by the same team at our clinic between February 2008 and January 2010 were included for retrospective ...

This study of 533 vascular access sites for long-term hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease, accumulating more than 12,000 patient months, indicated that primary arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the procedure of choice. The group receiving primary AVF had the greatest duration of patency: 84% at three years compared to 70% for the group receiving polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) gra...

Despite the pre-operative availability of well-defined criteria to create a primary arteriovenous fistula (AVF) a high early failure/missing maturation is complained worldwide. Based on new results from basic research using numerical techniques, the authors try to guide attention to a widely neglected field in published data: the unremarkable, small, but essential surgical details in creating a...

Embolization of type I perimedullary spinal arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) can be difficult, because of tortuosity and the small diameter of the feeder and distal location of the fistula site. The 1.5F flow-directed catheter in conjunction with a hydrophilic guidewire has been used in fistula embolization with cyanoacrylate glue for spinal vascular malformations at our institution. This combinat...