Clinical aspects of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for autogenous arteriovenous fistula dysfunction: An early period experience

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for stenosis of arteriovenous fistulae: a review of local experience.

The stenosis and subsequent thrombosis of the arteriovenous fistulae may lead to a loss of vascular access sites; this a major problem in chronic haemodialysis patients. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has been a popular way of correcting such lesions in recent years. We have reviewed patients who underwent this operation from 1993 to 1996 at the Queen Mary Hospital. Among 11 patients who...

Arteriovenous Fistula Stenosis and Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: How, When and Why?

The National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines provide recommendations for preparing the largest number of native AVF due to more longevity and low infection rate. Moreover K/DOQI guidelines set both monitoring programs (clinical and instrumental) for the identification of potentially treatable causes and decision to intervene on a fistula. The fre...

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty prior to carotid cavernous fistula embolization.

Detachable balloon embolization has become well established as the primary treatment for carotid cavernous fistulae, and numerous articles have been written on techniques for balloon placement in the cavernous sinus [1-3]. Recently, several case reports have described the use of angioplasty of the internal carotid artery for stenosis resulting from either fibromuscular dysplasia or arterioscler...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a nonoperative mechanical dilatation of atherosclerotic coronary artery stenosis by a balloon-tipped dilating catheter system. This method can effectively reduce highly stenotic coronary lesions and provide early recovery of ischemic but viable myocardium. The technique of transluminal angioplasty was originally devised by Dotter and Judk...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.