Thrombosis Prevention
Investigators at University Medical Center, Department of Nephrology have published new data on thrombosis prevention
Published in Blood Weekly, September 10th, 2009
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Surgical salvage of thrombosed native arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis by interventional nephrologists.' "The purpose of this retrospective clinical study with prospective data collection was to evaluate the outcomes of patients with native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) thrombosis after surgical thrombectomy performed by surgically skilled interventional nephrologists. In 111 hemodialysis patients (66 men [59%], aged 59 ±16 [20-87] years), acute thrombosis of the native forearm or arm AVF occurred," investigators in Ljubljana, Slovenia report.
"The primary patency before thrombosis was 4.0 ±4.7 years...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-09-10)
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