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SUBMITTER: Bountouris I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892221 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bountouris Ioannis I Kritikou Georgia G Degermetzoglou Nikolaos N Avgerinos Konstantinos Ioannis KI
International journal of vascular medicine 20180327
The number of patients in dialysis increases every year. In this review, we will evaluate the role of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) according to patency of arteriovenous fistula and grafts. The main indication of PΤΑ is stenosis > 50% or obstruction of the vascular lumen of an arteriovenous fistula and graft. It is usually performed under local anesthesia. The infection rate is as low as the number of complications. Fistula can be used in dialysis in the same day without the need f ...[more]