A nationwide study in the US finds benefit of a new device for kidney patients on hemodialysis. Kidney dialysis patients often need repeated procedures, such as balloon angioplasty, to open blood ...

DETROIT (WWJ) --A team of physicians at DMC Harper University Hospital announced yesterday that it has successfully treated several patients with a new high-tech "vascular graft" that significantly ...

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FAIRFAX, Va.-- A randomized multicenter study of 190 patients at 13 medical centers shows-- for the first time-- the "superior" benefit of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for maintaining ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Nearly 400,000 Americans are on dialysis for kidney failure. The treatment uses a special machine to filter toxins from the blood and often requires a graft to connect an ...

Autologous arteriovenous access is the key to long-term success with hemodialysis and is strongly supported by the National Kidney Foundation's Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines. Basilic ...

NEW ORLEANS (April 15, 2013)—Kidney failure patients on dialysis derive long-term benefit from the minimally invasive placement of a stent that improves the function of dialysis access grafts, ...

The Fish Oil Inhibition of Stenosis in Hemodialysis Grafts (FISH) study, presented at the 2011 American Society of Nephrology Annual Scientific Meeting in the Late Breaking Clinical Trial Session, ...

A combination of aspirin and the antiplatelet drug dipyridamole can significantly decrease the risk of patency loss in new arteriovenous (AV) hemodialysis (HD) grafts, according to a five-year study. ...