Axillary vein puncture guided by ultrasound, using a readily learned technique, was superior to cephalic vein dissection via cut-down for implantation of cardiac device leads in a small, multicenter, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a meta-analysis of venous access techniques for implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices, ...

In many patients, the cephalic vein in the upper arm is superficial enough for direct cannulation for hemodialysis. After a six- to eight-week period of maturation, the AV fistula is assessed for ...

Cephalic arch stenosis (CAS) is a common complication in patients on hemodialysis who have brachiocephalic fistulas. Treatment of CAS with percutaneous balloon angioplasty has only limited success, ...

A simple reversal of the way a long-standing surgical procedure is performed to create an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis access significantly improves the fistula's function and longevity over ...

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THE term "varicose veins" customarily suggests, immediately, and almost exclusively, abnormal dilatations and tortuosities of the saphenous veins of the lower extremity. If one then stops to reflect ...

If a patient has a nonfunctional arteriovenous (AV) shunt in one arm and a functional shunt used for dialysis in the other, does the avoidance of an IV access in the arm with the nonfunctional shunt ...