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Oncology
Waka Yanagisawa, Negin Sedaghat, David Gordon-Thomson
Summary: Arteriovenous fistula formation after ultrasound-guided core biopsy of a breast lesion is rare, and this case report presents the first experience of using endovascular coil embolization in the management of this rare complication.
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Surgery
Shannon D. Thomas, Anders Sideris, Harry Narroway, Rohan McLachlan, Cameron Robertson, Phillip Crowe, Ramon L. Varcoe
Summary: Early endovascular intervention improves the maturation rate and interval of native arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Ongoing endovascular reinterventions after maturation result in a low reintervention rate and long-term patency, providing reliable long-term renal vascular access.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2022)
Review
Surgery
Florian A. Wenzl, Stephanie S. Miljkovic, Parinaz J. Dabestani, John J. Kessler, Tharun R. Kotaru, Louay D. Kalamchi, Sarah J. Aurit, Juan A. Asensio
Summary: Heart failure (HF) occurs in a small fraction of traumatic AVF patients, with 13% presenting with HF. The risk of HF increases with an increased feeding artery diameter. Large feeding arteries and delayed presentation are independent predictors for HF in this cohort.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nimit Kasliwal, Wilson B. Pfeiffer, John F. Eidt, Daniel C. Gunn, Saravanan Ramamoorthy
Summary: Congestive heart failure is a well-known cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Common etiologies include hypertension, coronary artery disease, alcohol abuse, valvular dysfunctions, and myocarditis. However, there are cases that cannot be traced to these causes, such as idiopathic cases. One rarely seen cause is an arteriovenous fistula, which can be iatrogenic or naturally occurring. This report presents a case of severe decompensated heart failure due to iatrogenic AV fistula after percutaneous coronary intervention, successfully treated with surgical ligation.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ji-Bo Sun, Chun-Cheng Liu, Xi Shen, Qin Chen, Cheng-Liang Xu, Tian-Lei Cui
Summary: The study evaluated the efficacy and safety of endovascular AVF in patients with renal failure, showing high technical success rate, high maturation rate, and low procedure-related complications.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Anna Valerianova, Jan Malik, Jana Janeckova, Lucie Kovarova, Vladimir Tuka, Pavel Trachta, Jana Lachmanova, Zuzana Hladinova, Zdenka Hruskova, Vladimir Tesar
Summary: This study investigated the early effect of surgical AVF blood flow reduction on cardiac changes in patients on chronic haemodialysis. The reduction in Qa led to improvements in heart structure and function, particularly in patients with heart disease changes. The beneficial effect of Qa reduction was present even in patients without symptoms of heart failure, suggesting the importance of considering the contribution of AVF to heart changes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
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Neuroimaging
Michael Travis Caton, Kazim H. Narsinh, Amanda Baker, Steven W. Hetts, Daniel L. Cooke, Randall T. Higashida, Christopher F. Dowd, Van V. Halbach, Matthew R. Amans
Summary: Endovascular treatment, especially transvenous embolization, is the main approach for treating foramen magnum region arteriovenous fistulas, with satisfactory outcomes and minimal complications. Patients with foramen magnum region AVF showed symptomatic improvement with different treatment modalities and had low rates of adverse events.
JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Daisuke Takahashi, Kan Katayama, Yoshinobu Iyoda, Ayumi Fukumori, Kayo Tsujimoto, Masahiro Yamawaki, Fumika Tanaka, Ryosuke Saiki, Keiko Oda, Yasuo Suzuki, Tomohiro Murata, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Kaoru Dohi
Summary: Most male X-linked Alport syndrome patients with COL4A5 nonsense mutations develop end-stage kidney failure by the age of 30. High-flow arteriovenous fistula, defined by access blood flows greater than 2000 mL/min, may lead to high-output heart failure. This case report describes a 50-year-old Japanese man who had proteinuria at the age of 4, followed by lenticular lens and sensorineural hearing loss at 20, and eventually started hemodialysis treatment for end-stage kidney disease at 22.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Alexa Mordhorst, Jason Clement, Mercedeh Kiaii, Jason Faulds, York Hsiang, Jonathan Misskey
Summary: EndoAVF shows favorable outcomes compared to surgically created accesses in terms of maturation and patency, but inferior patency and maturation outcomes compared with brachiocephalic accesses. Ischemic steal syndrome and reintervention rates were similar among the different types of arteriovenous accesses.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jan Malik, Anna Valerianova, Vladimir Tuka, Pavel Trachta, Vladimira Bednarova, Zdenka Hruskova, Marcela Slavikova, Mitchell H. Rosner, Vladimir Tesar
Summary: This study investigated the effects of reducing Qa on systemic hemodynamics and brain oxygenation in patients with high-flow AVF for hemodialysis. The results showed that Qa reduction led to an increased COef, resulting in higher brain oxygenation, which may explain improved hemodynamics and HF symptoms in asymptomatic high Qa patients.
Article
Surgery
Giovanni Giulio Vercelli, Massimiliano Minardi, Mauro Bergui, Francesco Zenga, Diego Garbossa, Fabio Cofano
Summary: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula is a heterogeneous group of vascular malformation that often leads to severe neurological deficits due to progressive myelopathy. Surgical treatment is considered the best option, with a lower risk of relapse compared to endovascular procedures.
FRONTIERS IN SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Rueshil Fadia, Scott S. Berman, Chyi Chyi Chong, Denis Rybin, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Wei Zhou, Tze-Woei Tan
Summary: This study compared the outcomes of forearm AVGs and upper arm brachial artery AVGs, showing that the primary and secondary patency rates were superior for upper arm AVGs. However, forearm AVGs had a higher risk of loss of primary and secondary patency at 12 months.
ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Vilte Gabriele Samsone, Laurynas Rimsevicius, Marta Kantauskaite, Diana Sukackiene, Marta Monika Janusaite, Birute Vaisnyte, Marius Miglinas
Summary: This article presents a case of AVF-related heart failure in a young patient and reviews the main hemodynamic changes after AVF formation and ligation procedures.
CLINICAL CASE REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Tatyana Isayeva Waldrop, Caleb Graham, William Gard, Kevin Ingle, Travis Ptacek, Nguyen Nguyen, Bailey Lose, Palaniappan Sethu, Timmy Lee
Summary: Cardiovascular events are the leading cause of death in dialysis patients. Researchers have developed a three-dimensional cardiac tissue chip that can mimic the hemodynamic changes associated with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation. By subjecting the tissue constructs to volume overload conditions, they observed fibrosis and gene expression changes similar to those seen in AVF mice.
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jef Van den Eynde, Xander Jacquemyn, Nicolas Cloet, Dries Noe, Hilde Gillijns, Marleen Lox, Willy Gsell, Uwe Himmelreich, Aernout Luttun, Keir McCutcheon, Stefan Janssens, Wouter Oosterlinck
Summary: In this study, a rat model was established to investigate the effects of AVFs on the cardiovascular system and kidneys. The findings showed that AVF creation exacerbated inflammation and organ dysfunction in chronic kidney disease. Additionally, gene expression changes were identified, which could provide important information for the management of cardiorenal syndrome.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
