Endograft salvage of hemodialysis accesses threatened by pseudoaneurysms

Treatment of femoral pseudoaneurysms with endograft in high-risk patients.

INTRODUCTION Anastomotic aneurysms are a late complication after arterial reconstruction. Current treatment usually consists of open repair but we describe our experience with endovascular repair of femoral pseudoaneurysms. REPORT Six patients with seven femoral pseudoaneurysms were treated with percutaneously inserted endografts. Control angiography confirmed immediate technical success in a...

Use of stent grafts to repair hemodialysis graft-related pseudoaneurysms.

PURPOSE To review the author's early experience with stent grafts to repair hemodialysis graft-related pseudoaneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eleven patients had undergone insertion of a stent graft to repair a pseudoaneurysm arising from a PTFE hemodialysis graft. The study group consists of seven women and four men with a mean age of 50.7 years. The primary indications for stent graft place...

Regarding "salvage of a difficult situation: method for conversion of a failed endograft".

Is Iran threatened by Zika virus?

Zika virus is an Arbovirus identified first time in 1947 in Uganda. Zika epidemic is a threat far greater than the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization has urged Asian countries to be vigilant about the risk of spreading Zika virus and preventive measures to control it. In Iran, 64 species of mosquitoes from Culicidea family have been reported three of which belong to the Aedes genus, ...

Bacteremia associated with tunneled hemodialysis catheters: outcome after attempted salvage.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Treatment without catheter replacement (catheter salvage) has been described for bacteremia associated with tunneled venous catheters in hemodialysis patients, but few data are available on which to base an estimation of the likelihood of treatment success. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS In a prospective cohort study, all cases of catheter-associated b...