An arteriovenous (AV) fistula connects an artery to a vein in your arm. This provides a stronger access point for the needles from a hemodialysis machine. If you have end stage kidney disease ...

Dialysis is a treatment that takes over your ... This can be done in a few ways: Fistula (also known as arteriovenous [A-V] fistula): An artery and a vein are joined together under the skin ...

To successfully perform dialysis, a consistent way of accessing the circulatory system is essential. The AV fistula, a surgically constructed link between an artery and a vein, is the gold ...

Maturation was defined as the use of the fistula with 2 needles for 75% or more of dialysis sessions during a 4-week period with either 4 consecutive dialysis sessions with mean machine blood pump ...

THE success of chronic hemodialysis in terminal renal failure depends on repeated access to blood vessels that will provide a continuous flow of up to 250 to 300 ml. per minute. A technic was ...

between an artery and vein (arteriovenous fistula) when a person needs renal dialysis. An arteriovenous fistula may also be caused by an injury. A blind fistula which forms a tube that opens only ...

Your kidneys play a vital role in purifying and maintaining the chemical balance of your blood. However, they can eventually lose their ability to function due to conditions like chronic kidney ...

For long-term dialysis, doctors typically create the access with an arteriovenous (AV) fistula, which joins an artery to a vein under the skin to make a bigger blood vessel, or an AV graft ...

Because of this, the risk of infection is high, making CVCs the highest risk long-term access option for dialysis patients. AV fistulas and AV grafts, on the other hand, are surgical connections ...

Enrolled individuals were randomly assigned to either the HAV, or an AV fistula for hemodialysis. Efficacy assessments include useability of the conduit for dialysis at six and 12 months and ...