Registry data highlight long-term trends in hemodialysis access profile of failed kidney transplant patients
New findings, recently published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA), provide insight into the hemodialysis access profile of failed kidney transplant patients treated in the Catalonia region of Spain over an 18-year period. Researchers Ramon Roca-Tey, MD, a senior…
Oversized balloon angioplasty technique ‘safe and effective’ for AV fistula maturation

A retrospective analysis published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) has shown that the oversized balloon angioplasty technique to assist arteriovenous (AV) fistula maturation is safe and effective—and allows cannulation of the fistula within hours or days of the procedure, decreasing…
Risk of ‘feared’ ischemic steal syndrome comparable for tapered and non-tapered AVGs

In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, Venkata Sai Jasty, from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tuscon, Arizona, and colleagues found that the risk of ischemic steal syndrome, “one of the most feared complications in vascular access,”…
Surfacer system IDE study results published

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies has announced the publication of the results of its prospective, multicenter SAVE-US (Surfacer system to facilitate access in venous occlusions—United States) study in the Journal of Vascular Access. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption…

