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SUBMITTER: Yang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5662725 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Binxia B Kilari Sreenivasulu S Brahmbhatt Akshaar A McCall Deborah L DL Torres Evelyn Nieves EN Leof Edward B EB Mukhopadhyay Debabrata D Misra Sanjay S
Scientific reports 20171030 1
Venous neointimal hyperplasia (VNH) at the outflow vein of hemodialysis AVF is a major factor contributing to failure. CorMatrix is an extracellular matrix that has been used in cardiovascular procedures primarily as scaffolding during surgery. In the present study, we sought to determine whether CorMatrix wrapped around the outflow vein of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) at the time of creation could reduce VNH. In mice, the carotid artery to the ipsilateral jugular vein was connected to create an ...[more]