Tag: Vascular access
More information needed for vascular access registries to be used effectively
Speaking to Renal Interventions, Maarten Snoeijs (Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands), discussed his presentation at the Hamburg Dialysis Access symposium (8–9 September,...
Empowering patients and deconstructing hierarchies key to building a successful multidisciplinary...
Renal Interventions reflects some unique perspectives and uncomfortable learnings from Yinhui-Lim Hartono, a resident new to the field of dialysis access, and Kathleen Rickert,...
Advanced vascular access ultrasound system launched by BD
Earlier this week, BD launched the SiteRite 9 ultrasound system (BD), designed to help clinicians improve efficiency when placing peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs),...
Seven key elements for effective compliance for vascular access providers are...
In a recent presentation at the VEITHsymposium 2023 (14–18 November, New York, USA), Terry Litchfield (president, Access Solutions) outlined what she believes to be...
CX 2024 controversies programme to draw in global voices to ensure...
This year’s 2024 Chairing Cross (CX) Symposium (23–25 April, London, UK) will feature debates on the success of endovascular arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) alongside patient...
VASBI team reflects on recent meeting and what matters to vascular...
Reflecting on their recent meeting, what makes them unique and what changes have occurred since the last meeting, the leadership of Vascular Access Society...
Teleflex extends Arrow ErgoPack Complete System to haemodialysis and large bore...
Teleflex Incorporated has announced the release of the Arro ErgoPack Complete Kits with haemodialysis and large bore catheters in the USA. This update is...
Subcutaneous anchor securement systems for catheters found more effective than adhesive
The largest study ever conducted of patients with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) utilising a subcutaneous anchoring securement system (SASS) has found that using...
Simpler AVF maturation criteria lead to similar outcomes, say researchers
Maturation of an arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) fails to occur for 20–60% of patients who have one created for haemodialysis access, and there is a...
Volume flow measurement: Time for meaningful haemodynamic endpoints and variables?
Panos Kitrou is a consultant interventional radiologist at Patras University Hospital (Patras, Greece). He writes to set out "the need for a benchmark volume...
“Essential” vascular access planning eased by new CKD progression tool
Existing guidelines’ recommendations for vascular access planning are mainly based on glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) changes. With “optimal timing for vascular access referral and...
Novel peripherally-inserted catheter found superior to conventional options
Medical device company Access Vascular has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study of its HydroPICC peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in the Journal of...
ESVS vessel diameter guidelines do not improve outcomes in new RCT
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) guidelines on vascular access recommend minimal diameters of 2mm in the forearm and 3mm in the upper...
New UKKA guideline places patient choice at heart of vascular access...
The recent haemodialysis access guideline update from the UK Kidney Association (UKKA), which was published in the run-up to the 2023 UK Kidney Week...
Brachiocephalic AVFs not superior to radiocephalic for tunnelled catheter patients
The results of a new study in the Annals of Vascular Surgery suggest that patients who also have a tunnelled dialysis catheter (TDC) do...
Teleflex announces US FDA clearance of Arrow EZ-IO Needle for use...
Teleflex has announced in a press release that the Arrow EZ-IO Needle is the first and only intraosseous (IO) needle to receive 510(k) clearance from...
DBB-EXA dialysis machine found less reliable for flow rate measurement than...
The DBB-EXA dialysis machine (Nikkiso) consistently underestimates vascular access (VA) flow rates compared with the Transonic technique of measurement—that is the conclusion of a...
Cut follow-up time to improve AVF outcomes, study authors propose
An association has been found between early follow-up evaluation in the wake of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation procedures and reduced time to successful cannulation...
Xeltis presents six-month first-in-human data on aXess graft
Xeltis has presented “highly-encouraging” six-month data from its first-in-human (FIH) aXess vascular graft trial at the 13th Congress of the Vascular Access Society (VAS;...
EndoAVF found usually less cost effective compared with sAVF
The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) 50th Annual Symposium (25–29 March, Miami, USA) hosted a series of abstract presentations. Among them was one...
A call to arms: Reuse of mature venous conduits urged
“Recycle that vein!”—that was the appeal from the authors of a new study that trialled the explantation of mature arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) from patients...
Covered stent improves AVF angioplasty outcomes in new trial
The AVeNEW study, a 24-month multicentre, international, prospective and randomised clinical trial has published results investigating percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) compared to PTA with...
PAVE-2, paclitaxel and sirolimus-coated balloons for AVF
Michael Robson and Narayan Karunanithy (King’s College London, London, UK) write to explore the range of options in drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for stenosis in...
RCTs only part of “montage” of evidence in vascular access
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are often considered the “gold standard” of evidence on which to base clinical decision-making, but, asked Theodore Saad (Sidney Kimmel...
Robert Jones
“More than in any other medical discipline,” says Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI) president Robert Jones, “interventional radiology (IR) is where...
PAIRS previewed and EVA reviewed in assessment of access for dialysis
Looking ahead to the upcoming Pan Arab Interventional Radiological Society meeting (PAIRS, 11–14 February, Dubai, UAE), Karim Abdel Tawab (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)...
Vasc-Alert shares new data endorsing its vascular access blockage prediction technology
Vasc-Alert, a pioneer in vascular access surveillance, has announced the publication of a study in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) validating its Vasc-Alert...
VASBI team signals bold new course for the society
Patient engagement, strong research collaborations, an open and inclusive canvas and year-round specialised education, will guide the multidisciplinary Vascular Access Society of Britain and...
The aXess vascular graft: Potentially fulfilling a major unmet clinical need...
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An de Vriese (Bruges, Belgium), who is playing a leading role in an ongoing European trial investigating the aXess...
VASBI audience divided on optimal setting for vascular access care
A debate regarding the optimal place for vascular access creation and management to take place—specialised units or high-volume centres—saw Suresh Mathavakkannan (East and North...
Patient and staff education among 10 key priorities identified in vascular...
A list of 10 key research priorities intended to help standardise vascular access research were delivered to attendees at this year’s Vascular Access Society...
KDOQI vascular access guidelines: Opportunity or concern for clinical research?
Earlier this year, in an interview with Renal Interventions, Scott Trerotola (Philadelphia, USA) remarked that “guidelines are a research workbook for the next generation”....
UK survey highlights access cannulation experiences and importance of patient-staff discussions
A regional patient survey from the UK has revealed a 71% rate of good experiences with vascular access cannulation, and a “great appreciation” for...
Setting clear expectations early on is an important step in the...
Stephen Hohmann (Texas Vascular Associates, Dallas, USA) recently sat down with Renal Interventions to discuss a number of key considerations along the dialysis journey,...
Standardised definitions are required before frailty can be routinely assessed in...
Earlier this year, a retrospective study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases came to the conclusion that “frailty may be useful for...
Gore acquires InnAVasc Medical
Gore has announced the acquisition of InnAVasc Medical, a privately held medical technology company focused on advancing care for patients with end-stage renal disease...
Fistula, graft or catheter—first and foremost, dialysis patients want an access...
“Catheters are not nearly as bad as we make them out to be.” This was one of the salient messages delivered by Theodore Saad...
EVA meeting harnesses global, multidisciplinary experts and analysis to guide the...
Lively discussion on unmet needs and building on quiet developments in vascular access from leading surgeons, interventional radiologists, nephrologists and interventional nephrologists formed the...
N-PATH provides valuable opportunity for dedicated, modular interventional nephrology training
Monnie Wasse, past-president of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN) and director of interventional nephrology at Rush University Medical Centre (Chicago,...
KDOQI guidelines: Much-needed overhaul and missed opportunities
Scott Trerotola (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA), who is set to be awarded a Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Gold Medal in June 2022,...
Flex Vessel Prep system demonstrates favourable six-month results compared to historical...
New data presented at the 2022 Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Symposium (9–11 June, Charleston, USA) have demonstrated favourable outcomes with the Flex Vessel Prep...
Matteo Tozzi
Having grown up and studied medicine in Rome, Matteo Tozzi is currently deputy head of the Department of Medicine and Surgery, and associate professor...
Save Your Vein: Transforming venous preservation from hope into reality
Jeremy Crane (London, UK) discusses the topic of vein preservation—including its central importance to successful dialysis access creation, and practical measures for achieving it...
Sirogen™: A potential solution for improving arteriovenous fistula maturation
This advertorial is sponsored by Vascular Therapies
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation is a pivotal event in patients requiring haemodialysis. Maximising the number of fistulas that...
Pharmacological approaches to reducing arteriovenous fistula failure rates
Sanjay Misra (Rochester, USA) discusses the need for pharmacological approaches that can improve successful, long-term outcomes with arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and outlines a handful...
Increased frailty associated with longer time to functional use of vascular...
A retrospective analysis of the US Renal Data System has found that, in patients undergoing haemodialysis treatment, a higher degree of frailty is associated...
Nipro to bring Cronus high-pressure PTA balloon catheter to USA
Nipro Medical Corporation is set to introduce its second-generation Cronus high-pressure (HP) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheter to the US market.
Cronus HP is...
Charmaine Lok
Equally at home on the ward seeing patients, at study sites conducting research, and travelling the world for voluntary medical missions, Charmaine Lok has...
Houston, we have a dialysis access problem
The concept of dedicated vascular access centres fuels a turbocharged Texan tussle with Karl Illig (Flow Vascular Center, Houston, USA) taking on Eric Peden...
PatenSee’s contactless imaging device demonstrates promise in timely and accurate monitoring...
The interim results of an ongoing clinical study of PatenSee's contactless imaging device for the early detection of vascular access stenosis in dialysis patients...
CX returns to in-person format once more in the London spring
Charing Cross (CX) chair Roger Greenhalgh welcomes the vascular community to this year's symposium, due to be held 26–28 April in London, UK, and...
Systematic review sheds light on “unpleasant necessity” of cannulation for haemodialysis...
A systematic review published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) has illuminated haemodialysis patients’ views and experiences of arteriovenous access cannulation, concluding that...
Experimental gel shows promise in aiding creation and development of arteriovenous...
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB; Birmingham, USA) and US firm Endomimetics are working to develop a long-sought-after, effective therapy that...
Study indicates lower wound infection and surgical reintervention rates in pAVF...
A single-centre, retrospective, comparative study, which was presented at the July 2021 Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) Journal Club (14 July, online), has found...
Sweeping technological advances enable interventional radiologists to close in on crucial...
Nicholas Inston (consultant vascular access and renal transplant surgeon, Birmingham, UK) discusses the crucial care interventional radiologists provide for renal patients with Ian Mcafferty...
CX 2022: Nicholas Inston on Vascular Access Challenges
Nicholas Inston (Birmingham, UK) talks to CX about the challenges in creation, maintenance and salvage of vascular access in patients with end stage renal disease....
Ellipsys™ Vascular Access System provides consistently great outcomes for AV fistula...
Alexandros Mallios (Paris, France) and Robert Shahverdyan (Hamburg, Germany) talk to Vascular News about some of the benefits of the Ellipsys™ Vascular Access System...
Alio and Lifeline create partnership for dialysis access patient monitoring
Alio has announced a partnership with Lifeline Vascular Care in support of patients living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Alio leverages artificial intelligence (AI)...
Amplifi vein dilation system demonstrates “encouraging” clinical results in haemodialysis access
Artio Medical has announced that full results from its first-in-human clinical study of the Amplifi vein dilation system were presented at the 2021 VEITHSymposium...
New vascular access handbook intends to provide dialysis patients with answers...
At the 12th Congress of the Vascular Access Society (VAS; 6–9 April 2021, online), Ramon Roca-Tey, senior consultant in nephrology at the Fundación Sanitaria...
PVI 2021: Global standardisation of guidelines and patient-first approach to kidney...
In the future, a global approach to help standardise clinical practice guidelines for kidney disease may be the ideal way forward. This was the...
Stable incidence and survival of AVFs seen in long-term study of...
Despite an older dialysis population, the proportion and survival of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) in Danish dialysis patients has not changed over a 39-year period....
Results from first-in-human study of Amplifi vein dilation system presented at...
Preliminary clinical results from a first-in-human study assessing the Amplifi vein dilation system (Artio Medical) were presented at this year’s Vascular InterVentional Advances conference (VIVA;...
Oversized balloon angioplasty technique safe and effective for AV fistula maturation
A retrospective analysis published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) has shown that the oversized balloon angioplasty technique to assist arteriovenous (AV) fistula...
A new ERA: The umbrella association seeking to speak with one...
Nicholas Inston (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK), secretary of the Vascular Access Society (VAS) and chairman of the editorial board for Renal Interventions interviews Christoph...
Does anaesthetic technique during AV fistula creation influence long-term successful outcomes?
The largest randomised controlled trial comparing long-term surgical outcomes between two different anaesthetic techniques, the ACCESs study, has just launched in the UK, to...
Treating steal syndrome: Symptoms, flow rate and anastomosis location all key...
When it comes to treating steal syndrome, the extent to which the dialysis patient in question is displaying symptoms—as well as their flow rate...
Nitric oxide, simulation and “living” grafts: Is the landscape of vascular...
The field of vascular access care for haemodialysis patients may look very different in just a few years’ time, with a host of new,...
Early-cannulation grafts display parity with ePTFE options—but also face similar challenges
In addition to demonstrating comparable performance in terms of long-term patency, durability and associated complications, early-cannulation arteriovenous (AV) grafts may hold some advantages when...
Plastic cannulas offer useful new option in toolbox for renal nurses
Despite currently being less commonly used than metal needles in haemodialysis access, particularly in Europe, plastic cannulas offer a “useful new tool in the...
Treating venous stenosis: Experts agree re-evaluation of AV graft surveillance is...
In its current form, postprocedural surveillance of arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) used to treat venous stenosis is “little more than supervised neglect”, and should be...
High-flow fistulas remain divisive, with uncertainty over reduction and outcomes
Discussions at this year’s Charing Cross (CX) 2021 Digital Edition (19–22 April, online) indicated that high-flow arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain one of the more...
Vascular Therapies announces clinical results from phase 3 randomised multicentre clinical...
Vascular Therapies recently announced results from its phase 3 clinical trial in which Sirogen showed encouraging arteriovenous fistula (AVF) outcomes in elderly end-stage renal...
LINC 2021: Positive first-time data presented for IN.PACT AV DCB and...
New data presented for the first time at LINC 2021 (The Leipzig Interventional Course; 25–29 January, online) support the use of drug-coated balloons (DCBs)...
Dialysis access needs to be a priority in the COVID-19 era
Panagiotis M Kitrou and Nicholas Inston discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vascular access services. Despite the disruption caused, they are optimistic...
CX 2020 LIVE: Vascular Access session showcases new technologies, while debate...
The CX 2020 LIVE Vascular Access Consensus session sparked global interest, with chair Nick Inston (Birmingham, UK) and moderator Domenico Valenti (London, UK) taking...
“More creative solutions” needed for end-stage vascular access patients
Nicholas (Nick) Inston calls for “more creative solutions” to vascular access challenges, commending interventional radiologists’ innovative reputation as instrumental to increasing the number of...