Arteriovenous fistulas of the kidney are rare and are classified as acquired, idiopathic or arising in a congenital arteriovenous malformation. 1 In addition, with the more widespread use of ...

The purpose of this paper is to present an additional case of coexistent acquired and congenital arteriovenous fistulas with associated pseudoaneurysms complicated by endarteritis and endocarditis ...

The increased risk for venous thromboembolism with an arteriovenous graft is one factor for clinicians and patients to consider in the choice of vascular access for hemodialysis. Among permanent ...

A 62-year-old housewife was admitted to the University Medical Service of the Kings County Hospital on November 26, 1954, because of anemia. On July 10 she had had an attack of melena for 8 days. She ...

Pulmonary hypertension risk increases with the severity of CKD, and affects up to two-thirds of patients receiving hemodialysis.

Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) are abnormal connections between arteries and veins within the covering of the brain (dura). Unlike brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), these abnormal vessel ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The type of arteriovenous access placement, graft or fistula, used first in older patients receiving ...

A 61-year-old man with a decade-long history of a pulsatile bruit in his right ear presented to our institution for workup by ambulance after a seizure. He had received treatment previously for ...

This requires durable access to a blood vessel site where the dialysis machine can remove and return blood. Such access is created when a surgeon attaches a vein to an artery in the patient. The ...

The case: A previously healthy 46-year-old man, who works as a standing forklift operator, presented to an emergency department with a 1-day history of bilateral leg “soreness” and numbness in his ...

Humacyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUMA), a commercial-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable, bioengineered human tissues at commercial scale, today announced that it will host ...