Vascular access complications

Vascular Access

Vascular

'Vascular' relates to blood vessels (Oxford Medical Dictionary) and can be used to describe the supply of blood, a disease affecting the blood vessels or molecules associated with these stru...

Management of complications

Screening for complications:

Vascular access in haemodialysis: strengthening the Achilles' heel

Dialysis vascular access continues to be both a 'lifeline' and an 'Achilles' heel' for patients on haemodialysis. In this Review, the authors address some of the problems associated with vascular acce...

U.S. Market for Vascular Access Devices and Accessories

In 2012, the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories was nearly $4 billion, a 6.1% increase over the previous year. The vascular access device market includes implantable ports, port o...

Vascular access and closure in coronary angiography and percutaneous intervention

The success of transcatheter therapeutics relies heavily on the choice of vascular access site and on adequate arteriotomy closure. In this article, Byrne and colleagues review the state-of-the-art an...

Endeavour buys over-wire vascular access technology provider

Endeavour Capital has acquired Access Scientific, a provider of over-wire vascular access technology, for an undisclosed sum.

Novel Vascular Anastomosis Increases Access Sites

A hybrid vascular graft is designed to expand treatment options for optimal outflow by creating new access sites in...

FDA clears Semprus vascular access peripherally inserted central catheter

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Semprus BioSciences' vascular access catheter, designed to provide peripheral access to the central venous system.

FDA OKs SonixGPS technology for vascular access procedures

The FDA has granted Ultrasonix Medical clearance for use of its SonixGPS system in vascular access surgeries.  -More- 

Frequent dialysis: it’s complicated

Patients who undergo hemodialysis on a frequent basis are at an increased risk for vascular access complications, requiring more vascular repair procedures to enable continued access to the blood, rep...

Complications associated with use of subcutaneous vascular access ports in dogs and cats.

Vascular access and survival in hemodialysis patients in rasht, iran.

Introduction. Arteriovenous fistulas and grafts are two common permanent access methods for hemodialysis. Selection of an appropriate access, appropriate surgical techniques, and treatment of complica...

Arterial Micro-Calcification of Vascular Access is Associated with Aortic Arch Calcification and Arterial Stiffness in Hemodialysis Patients.

Vascular calcification of the coronary arteries or aorta is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular outcome, but clinical significance of arterial micro-calcification (AMC) of vascular access is...

The risks of vascular access.

Fatal vascular access hemorrhage is considered a rare complication of hemodialysis (HD). Ellingson et al. indicate otherwise, and their data suggest that it causes 0.4-1.6% of deaths in US HD patients...

Combined Femoral Vein Transposition and Iliac Vein to Suprarenal Vena Cava Bypass as a Last Resort Dialysis Access.

Patients undergoing hemodialysis are known to develop central venous occlusion and exhaust all options for vascular access to upper extremity sites; therefore, creating and maintaining vascular access...