Autologous arteriovenous access is the key ... a single group's experience with this procedure. All patients undergoing BVT for hemodialysis with available follow-up data were reviewed.

The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines encourage more-frequent use of primary arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) in hemodialysis patients, because this ...

An artery and vein in the arm, for example, are often grafted together so a patient’s blood can be removed from the body, cleansed and then returned. Management of these dialysis connection points, ...