Promoting AVF use seems to have done little to change the frequency of CVC use, study shows. SAN FRANCISCO—The use of central venous catheters (CVC) for dialysis access has not changed despite an ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fifteen years ago, CMS launched the Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative to encourage greater use of the ...
The odds of starting hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula are 31% lower for women compared with men. Despite the “fistula first” campaign, women, especially black women, are less likely than men ...
Caroli et al. recently used a haemodynamic computational model to simulate changes in vessel dimensions and blood flow volumes in response to arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation. This study has ...