Calcification in arteriovenous fistula blood vessels may predict arteriovenous fistula failure: a 5-year follow-up study
- 25 January 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Urology and Nephrology
- Vol. 49 (5) , 881-887
Abstract
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis. The impact of vascular calcification process on AVF survival remains unclear and results of several studies about this issue are controversial. In the light of the new knowledge about the different susceptibility for calcification process in different blood vessels, the aim of our study was to analyze whether the calcification of AVF-blood vessels may have an impact on AVF longevity.Keywords
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