patients with end stage renal disease need a good vascular access for hemodialysis. arteriovenous fistula is the method of choice for vascular access in these patients. however, failure of arteriovenous fistula due to thrombosis is a major problem. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the heparin on the patency of the arteriovenous fistula. this prospective interventional case co...

Background: Implantation of vascular access devices is of great importance in critically ill patients or those vulnerable to clinical worsening. The aim of this study was to identify the complications of implantation of vascular access leading to complaints from patients, in the forensic medicine commissions of Tehran. Methods: The present descriptive-cross sectional study was performed on all...

arteriovenous fistulae traditionally have been placed in the upper extremity. experience with groin hemodialysis access has been discouraging because of high infection rates and associated limb amputation. the aim of this study was to determine infection rates, patency rates, and possible predictive factors for prosthetic thigh angioaccess outcomes in our hemodialysis patient population. a pros...

background: arteriovenous fistula (avf)is the ideal method of vascular access for patients on maintenance hemodialysis (hd).therefore it is an important part of treatment in hd.there are several observations that indicate the role of inflammation in failure of avf.the aim of this study was to evaluate the hematologic and inflammatory biomarkers in early avf failure.   methods : this case-contro...

results 22 patients were male (73.3%) and the mean age was 60.3 ± 10.6 years in our study group. the most common artery for cut off and run off was superior femoral artery in both assessments. proximal section of each artery was the most common anatomical section for cut off and run off. there was a same report of cut off artery by mr-angiography and surgery (kappa coefficient of agreement was ...