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SUBMITTER: Stegmayr B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780365 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stegmayr Bernd B Willems Christian C Groth Thomas T Martins Albino A Neves Nuno M NM Mottaghy Khosrow K Remuzzi Andrea A Walpoth Beat B
The International journal of artificial organs 20200522 1
In hemodialysis, vascular access is a key issue. The preferred access is an arteriovenous fistula on the non-dominant lower arm. If the natural vessels are insufficient for such access, the insertion of a synthetic vascular graft between artery and vein is an option to construct an arteriovenous shunt for punctures. In emergency situations and especially in elderly with narrow and atherosclerotic vessels, a cuffed double-lumen catheter is placed in a larger vein for chronic use. The latter optio ...[more]