Tag: CVCs
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”....
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...
A raft of new directions for vascular access grafts
A departure from the “extreme mantra” of Fistula First unlocks the door to a new, dynamic vision that could swing the pendulum back to...
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...