Tag: arteriovenous fistulas
Dynamic AVFs: A promising solution in the making
Koen van der Bogt is a vascular surgeon at Haaglanden Medical Centre (The Hague, The Netherlands) and Leiden University Medical Centre (Leiden, The Netherlands)....
VentureMed completes enrolment of Flex Vessel Prep system randomised controlled trial...
VentureMed Group recently announced that it has completed enrolment of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) titled 'Flex Vessel Prep prior to PTA for the...
Largest patient series to date reinforces 4Fr WavelinQ system’s potential in...
A multicentre experience with the 4 French (4Fr) WavelinQ endoAVF system (BD) has found that the device is safe and effective, bolstering existing evidence...
Fistula trials among key areas set to benefit from MedAlliance acquiring...
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) access is one of the key areas that is set to receive a boost following MedAlliance’s acquisition of its partner MDK...
IMPRESSION trial assessing MagicTouch AVF passes 50% enrolment
Concept Medical has shared the latest update from its IMPRESSION (Sirolimus-coated balloon angioplasty versus plain balloon angioplasty in the treatment of dialysis access dysfunction)...
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...
Combination therapies and dynamic AVFs among options that may solve fistula...
Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are widely considered to be the holy grail in dialysis access, providing a more long-term solution than synthetic arteriovenous grafts (AVGs)...
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...
IN.PACT AV DCB sustained “superior” effectiveness in subgroups with high reintervention...
Several subgroups of patients treated with the IN.PACT AV drug-coated balloon (DCB; Medtronic) for arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) demonstrated a “statistically significant” higher rate of...
Bluegrass Vascular announces Medicare decision to assign New Technology Ambulatory Payment...
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular) announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalised a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding...
Fist Assist device achieves significant perforator vein dilation for improved endoAVF...
Fist Assist Devices has announced that data associated with the p-FACT cohort, a subset of the recently completed, non-significant risk Fist Assist clinical trial...
Artio Medical completes enrolment of first-in-human trial investigating Amplifi vein dilation...
Artio Medical announced today it has completed enrolment in its first-in-human study evaluating the Amplifi vein dilation system. In the study, five patients were treated...
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...
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...