Medical News & Journal Reviews

What is the WavelinQ endoAVF? An endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) is created from inside the vessel with a catheter, using radiofrequency energy to form a connection between an artery and a vein, without the larger incision…

For patients with end-stage kidney disease who need long-term hemodialysis, the vessels are a “lifeline.” To make sure dialysis runs smoothly, physicians usually connect the patient’s artery and vein surgically to create a native arteriovenous fistula…

Recently, a patient asked at a follow-up visit about vessel reconstruction with bovine pericardium. A foreign case study published last year in the journal Kidney and Dialysis described using a biological material, bovine pericardium (xenograft/heterograft: a…

Will your dialysis vessel mature successfully? This score can tell you For many patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease, dialysis is an important treatment, and the most common form is hemodialysis. The physician usually creates an…

When kidney function is impaired and dialysis is needed to clear waste from the body, a stable, long-lasting dialysis access is the key to success. This access (the dialysis vessel) is like a lifeline: it lets…