Life-saving vascular access in vascular capital exhaustion: single center experience in intra-atrial catheters for hemodialysis

Life-saving vascular access in vascular capital exhaustion: single center experience in intra-atrial catheters for hemodialysis

Abstract Introduction: Intra-atrial catheter (IAC) placement through an open surgical approach has emerged as a life-saving technique in hemodialysis (HD) patients with vascular access exhaustion. Objective: To assess the complications of IAC placement, as well as patient and vascular access survi...

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Main Authors: Marta Pereira, Noélia Lopez, Iolanda Godinho, Sofia Jorge, Estela Nogueira, Fernando Neves, Alice Fortes, António G. Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
central venous catheters
chronic kidney failure
vascular surgical procedures
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002017000100036&lng=en&tlng=en

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