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01-03-2009 | Clinical Investigation

Percutaneous Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis in Hemodialysis Patients: Long-Term Outcomes

Authors: Young Chul Kim, Jong Yun Won, Sun Young Choi, Heung-kyu Ko, Kwang-Hun Lee, Do Yun Lee, Byung-Chul Kang, Seung-Jung Kim

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 2/2009

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of endovascular treatment of central venous stenosis in patients with arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) for hemodialysis. Five hundred sixty-three patients with AVFs who were referred for a fistulogram were enrolled in this study. Among them, 44 patients showed stenosis (n = 35) or occlusions (n = 9) in the central vein. For the initial treatment, 26 patients underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and 15 patients underwent stent placements. Periods between AVF formation and first intervention ranged from 3 to 144 months. Each patient was followed for 14 to 60 months. Procedures were successful in 41 of 44 patients (93.2%). Primary patency rates for PTA at 12 and 36 months were 52.1% and 20.0%, and assisted primary patency rates were 77.8% and 33.3%, respectively. Primary patency rates for stent at 12 and 36 months were 46.7% and 6.7%, and assisted primary patency rates were 60.0% and 20.0%, respectively. Fifteen of 26 patients with PTAs underwent repeated interventions because of restenosis. Fourteen of 15 patients with a stent underwent repeated interventions because of restenosis and combined migration (n = 1) and shortening (n = 6) of the first stent. There was no significant difference in patency between PTAs and stent placement (p > 0.05). Average AVF patency duration was 61.8 months and average number of endovascular treatments was 2.12. In conclusion, endovascular treatments of central venous stenosis could lengthen the available period of AVFs. There was no significant difference in patency between PTAs and stent placement.

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Title: Percutaneous Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis in Hemodialysis Patients: Long-Term Outcomes
Authors: Young Chul Kim
Jong Yun Won
Sun Young Choi
Heung-kyu Ko
Kwang-Hun Lee
Do Yun Lee
Byung-Chul Kang
Seung-Jung Kim
Publication date: 01-03-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9511-0

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Percutaneous Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis in Hemodialysis Patients: Long-Term Outcomes

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