Iliac arteriovenous fistula is a rare but severe complication of iliac artery aneurysm. We present a case of iliac arteriovenous fistula concomitant with iliac artery aneurysm, which was preoperatively diagnosed by ultrasonography (USG) and successfully treated with emergent surgery. An 84-year-old female admitted to our hospital complaining of a sudden onset of right leg edema and dyspnea. Phy...

Intravenous drug abusers commonly develop endocarditis due to injection of particulate matter that can cause endothelial damage to the valves. The frequent need to access the venous system can result in vascular traumas with potential complications including arteriovenous (AV) fistulas. Here, we present the case of an intravenous drug abuser with endocarditis and an unusually large AV fistula i...

Creation of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula for haemodialysis therapy provides convenient access to the circulation in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, the chronic volume overload induced by the AV fistula induces structural and functional cardiac changes, including left ventricular remodelling, which may be deleterious. The balance between the need for vascular access and the dele...

INTRODUCTION An arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein which may result from traumatic injury or may occur as congenital abnormality. Stent graft repair through arteriovenous fistula could lead to complications. CASE REPORT Endovascular stent graft repair in a 23-year-old patient with posttraumatic superficial femoral arteriovenous fistula was perfo...

Despite the importance of hemodialysis vascular access, the cost of vascular access care has not been studied in detail. A prospective cost analysis was performed among incident hemodialysis patients to determine the cost of vascular access care overall and on the basis of access type. Detailed clinical and demographic information, as well as data on access type, was collected for all local inc...

BACKGROUND Dural sinus malformation (DSM) is a term used to describe congenital vascular malformations characterized by massive dilation of one or more dural sinuses: these dilatations are typically associated with arteriovenous shunts. Such malformations can present antenatally but their early natural history and anatomy is poorly defined. METHODS We reviewed five years of autopsy experience...

Endovascular procedures are commonly used for treatment of vascular pathologies. These interventions are routinely performed under angiographic control. Angioplasty is increasingly more often used for correction of dialysis fistula - especially dilatation of stenosis. We describe the technique of dialysis fistula angioplasty under ultrasound control. Benefits of this procedure include lack of n...

Two patients are described in whom symptoms of the carpal tunnel syndrome were provoked by haemodialysis for which an antebrachial arteriovenous fistula had been established. The symptoms in one case were partially relieved by ligation of the radial artery distal to the fistula, and in both they were abolished by decompression of the median nerve by section of the flexor retinaculum at the wris...

A 47 year-old woman, on hemodialysis via an arteriovenous (AV) fistula, was assessed for severe dyspnea and presyncope secondary to pulmonary hypertension. Right heart catheterization confirmed a mean pulmonary arterial pressure of 85 mm Hg. She had a normal wedge pressure. Investigations revealed that the total high cardiac output AV fistula, 8.3 L/min, resulted in pulmonary arteropathy and in...

A fistula between the pulmonary artery and the left atrium is a rare form of congenital heart disease, less than one hundred cases having been described in the past. This malformation was commonly treated by surgical ligation of the fistula via thoracotomy. Only few cases have been reported treated successfully by transcatheter closure. Herein, we report an experience on a 6-year-old girl with ...