hemodialysis

Global Clinical Practice

Evaluation of Risk Factors for Foot Ulceration in Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease

10/24/2023

Authors sought to raise awareness about the risk of foot ulceration among patients with chronic kidney disease by comparing rates of lower limb ulcerations among those patients with and without diabetes mellitus and those who did or did not...

Authors sought to raise...

10/24/2023

Wounds

Original Research

Optimal Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Flow Volume for Cardiovascular Safety

08/20/2020

Ehab Mohamed Elfekky , MD;

Abdelrahman Atta Lotfy , MD;

Osama Ali Diab , MD;

Ahmed Nabil Ali , MD;

AVFs have become the gold standard for patients with chronic renal failure who require chronic hemodialysis since 1966 when Brescia and associates constructed a fistula between the radial artery and the cephalic vein.

AVFs have become the gold...

08/20/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Original Contribution

Forearm Versus Femoral Approach for Cardiac Catheterization in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients

02/25/2018

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Efstathios Lazaris , MD;

Michalis Hamilos , MD, PhD;

Christos Maniotis , MD, PhD;

Michael J. Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

George S. Sfyroeras , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Kintis , MD, PhD;

Panagiotis Tsiverdis , MD;

Giannis Giannikouris , MD;

Sotirios Patsilinakos , MD, PhD;

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a relative contraindication for forearm cardiac catheterization, yet this approach is used in everyday practice. We compared femoral and forearm approach for cardiac catheterization in ESRD patients.

End-stage renal disease (ESRD)...

02/25/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Transradial Approach of Cardiac Catheterization for Patients on Dialysis

01/15/2018

Kenji Hashimoto , MD;

Toshinobu Ryuzaki , MD;

Tetsuya Saito , MD;

Hiroyuki Yamazaki , MD;

Ryota Tabei , MD;

Masaki Kodaira , MD, PhD;

Toshiki Kuno , MD, PhD;

Keita Hirano , MD;

Yohei Numasawa , MD, PhD;

Syohei Imaeda , MD;

The aim of this study is to construct a system for transradial approach and clarify its safety in patients on dialysis.

The aim of this study is to...

01/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report and Brief Review

Endovascular Therapies for Hemodialysis Access: Case Presentations of Salvage, Surgical Maturation, and Maintenance

07/01/2014

Yury Bak , DO;

John H. Cooper , DO;

Kane L. Chang , MD;

The authors describe the development of the endovascular field of access surgery and present illustrative cases that demonstrate examples of using such techniques in their practice.

The authors describe the...

07/01/2014

Vascular Disease Management

Case Series

Internal Jugular Salvage for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Placement

09/05/2008

The delivery of adequate hemodialysis requires dependable access to the vascular system of end stage renal disease patients. Despite the recommendation that arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) be used preferentially over arteriovenous grafts (AVG)...

The delivery of adequate...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management