Tag: Dialysis
Merit Medical announces series of dialysis catheter acquisitions
Merit Medical Systems has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of dialysis catheter products and the BioSentry biopsy tract sealant...
Study suggests Black patients more prone to dialysis graft failure
Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure,...
Multidisciplinary community unites at inaugural patient-focused ESKD Summit
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“The Changing Face of a Dialysis Patient” was the central theme...
Gore acquires InnAVasc Medical
Gore has announced the acquisition of InnAVasc Medical, a privately held medical technology company focused on advancing care for patients with end-stage renal disease...
VentureMed completes enrolment of Flex Vessel Prep system randomised controlled trial...
VentureMed Group recently announced that it has completed enrolment of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) titled 'Flex Vessel Prep prior to PTA for the...
Profligacy and dangerous misconceptions in dialysis access
Scott Trerotola (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA), who will be awarded a Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Gold Medal in June 2022, raises some...
The WavelinQ™ EndoAVF System takes an innovative approach in creating endovascular...
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Study provides new insights on COVID-19 risk in patients receiving dialysis
Many individuals with kidney failure have been unable to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic because they require dialysis treatments in clinics several times a...
More mixed results for DCBs in AV access maintenance as evidence...
Additional randomised controlled data regarding the effectiveness of drug-coated balloons (DCBs) in maintaining arteriovenous (AV) access offers new evidence, but it is freighted with...
Wearable device for AV fistula remote monitoring shows promise—but faces commercial...
A new wearable device designed to remotely monitor arteriovenous (AV) fistulae function in dialysis access patients uncovered promising data leading one set of researchers...
Renal artery involvement in EVAR linked to permanent dialysis and lower...
Renal artery involvement (RAI) in endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is “highly predictive of the need for postoperative and permanent dialysis,” Anastasia Plotkin (University of...
VasQ external support awarded NUB Status 1 reimbursement renewal for 2021...
The German Institute for Hospital Remuneration (InEK) has renewed the new examination and treatment methods (NUB) Status 1 designation of VasQ external support (Laminate...
UK-first innovation could save lives of dialysis patients
Barts Health NHS Trust has performed a UK-first operation outside of trial setting that could reduce mortality and risks of infection in patients with...
National Kidney Foundation releases guideline for vascular access in dialysis patients
The American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) has published the National Kidney Foundation's KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update, a completely...
First data from AVeVA suggest Covera stent “safe and effective” at...
Early data from the prospective multicentre AVeVA study that employed a covered stent (Covera; Bard, now BD) to treat stenoses at the venous anastomosis...
Novel arteriovenous fistula creation for dialysis access
Percutaneous arteriovenous fistulae creation may allow greater patient access to fistula formation as more physicians will be able to create these channels, thus potentially...
