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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2018; 2(02): 87-89
DOI: 10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_14_18
Case Report

Percutaneous Salvage of a Thrombosed Immature Arteriovenous Fistula using a Long Segment Stent Graft across the Juxta-Anastomotic and Outflow Vein

Osman Ahmed
Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Section of Interventional Radiology, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Patrick Tran
Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Section of Interventional Radiology, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Youssef Hedroug
Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Section of Interventional Radiology, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Ulku Cenk Turba
Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Section of Interventional Radiology, Chicago, IL, USA
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The role for stent grafting in the juxta-anastomotic segment for nonmaturing arteriovenous (AV) fistulas is not well understood. We report a case in which a long segment stent-graft of nearly the entire venous limb of a brachiocephalic AV fistula was stented to salvage an access that would likely otherwise have been abandoned. The patient went on to mature his fistula 3 months later and access it for hemodialysis through percutaneous puncture of the stent graft.

Arteriovenous fistula - hemodialysis - interventional radiology - salvage therapy - stent


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Article published online:
10 April 2021

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