We present a case of developmental venous anomaly associated with arteriovenous fistula supplied by a single arterial feeder adjacent to a large acute intracerebral hemorrhage. The arteriovenous fistula was successfully obliterated by superselective embolization while completely preserving the developmental venous anomaly. Two similar cases, including superselective angiographic findings, have ...

Five patients with previous experience of home haemodialysis (lasting one to two years) had internal arteriovenous fistulae created in a previously non-cannulated limb. After training of the spouses or patients to insert the needles, the arteriovenous cannulas were removed and the patients maintained on fistula dialysis in the home, unattended, overnight, for periods of 1 to 11 months (total pa...

PRESENTATION Dural arteriovenous fistulae are relatively rare lesions which can present a variety of different symptoms ranging from tinnitus to devastating intracranial hemorrhage. For those fistulae that require treatment, therapy is available in a wide range of options. We describe the case of a 60-year old patient who presented with a right occipital lesion presumably secondary to a dural a...

We record a case of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula presenting in a dramatic and unusual way. These lesions are generally diagnosed clinically by consideration of their associated features. In this case these were all absent, and the patient presented with a spontaneous haemothorax as an isolated finding. When blood is found on aspiration of the pleural cavity it generally represents bloodstain...

Nongalenic arteriovenous fistula (NGAVF)also known as intracranial pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF), cerebral AVF, or brain AVF is a rare vascular malformation.There are few retrospective case series describing their epidemiological, clinical and radiographic characteristics as well as technical elements of treatment. Combined transarterial and transvenous embolization of a 4 month old female w...

Background: This study aimed to explore the role of patient’s characteristic and haematological factors as predictive on the maturation of arteriovenous fistulae in patients who underwent vascular access surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Methods: Retrospective data from 300 patients who had undergone fistula creation between February 2007 and October 2010 was examined. A predictive l...

 Background & Objective: Pain is an unpleasant feeling that influences the quality of patients’ life. Arteriovenous fistula catheterization pain can be reduced in hemodialysis patients with nonmedicinal and noninvasive methods of pain relief. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of cryotherapy at the Hoku point on the severity of the pain of catheterization in hemodialysis patients.  M...

We reported the case of a 68-year old male with chest pain. The coronary angiography showed the disease of the left anterior descending coronary artery and, incidentally, an arteriovenous coronary fistula between this coronary branch and the pulmonary artery. The patient underwent off-pump coronary bypass through a left mini thoracotomy. In the present case, after a series of detailed exams, we...

Transradial access is a widely accepted method for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures, and it has dramatically reduced access site vascular complications compared to transfemoral access. Arteriovenous fistula formation at the access site is an especially rare complication in transradial access. We report an extremely rare case of delayed radial arteriovenous fistula ...

The most frequent complications that occur after the completion of an internal arteriovenous fistula are thrombotic. Other complications, such as infection, cardiac decompensation, aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm or median nerve injury, are less common. Nonetheless, after transplantation, adjuvant immunosuppression has long-term side effects, such as the development of malignancies. Here, we report the...