CHICAGO – Closure of arteriovenous fistulas used in dialysis patients improved heart function after transition to successful kidney transplantation, according to a small study reported here. Patients ...

Pilot study reveals AV fistula can increase cardiac output and dilation of all heart chambers. Study of AV fistula using cardiovascular MRI reveals increased cardiac output, dilation of heart chambers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Worldwide, case-mix adjusted survival has improved for patients on hemodialysis. Practices such as reducing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Study findings indicated that although most patients who had insurance before developing end-stage renal disease ...

Venova Medical announced the enrollment of the first patients in the VENOS-3 pivotal study of the company’s Velocity perc ...

A two-day conference on controversies in Dialysis Access Asia-Pacific (CiDAAP) began at the Hyatt Regency in Gurgaon. Debates, discussions and a competitive challenge among interventional radiologists ...

Repeated dialysis needling can cause painful aneurysmal fistulas that must be removed. A new, minimally invasive approach will decrease morbidity amonghemodialysis patients and help improve their ...

What is Hemodialysis? Hemodialysis is a process via which a machine is used to conduct the dialysis procedure/ an artificial kidney in the form of a device is used to clean the blood. Minor surgery is ...

For those who have suffered a kidney failure, dialysis provides a new lease of life. During dialysis, the blood from a patient's body is taken to a machine, cleaned and returned. The machine functions ...

Establishing and maintaining adequate vascular access is essential to providing an appropriate dialysis dose in patients with end-stage renal disease. Complications related to vascular access have a ...