Efficacy of SMART Stent Placement for Salvage Angioplasty in Hemodialysis Patients with Recurrent Vascular Access Stenosis

Efficacy of SMART Stent Placement for Salvage Angioplasty in Hemodialysis Patients with Recurrent Vascular Access Stenosis

Vascular access stenosis is a major complication in hemodialysis patients. We prospectively observed 50 patients in whom 50 nitinol shape-memory alloy-recoverable technology (SMART) stents were used as salvage therapy for recurrent peripheral venous stenosis. Twenty-five stents each were deployed in...

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Main Authors: Shingo Hatakeyama, Terumasa Toikawa, Akiko Okamoto, Hayato Yamamoto, Kengo Imanishi, Teppei Okamoto, Noriko Tokui, Yuichiro Suzuki, Naoki Sugiyama, Atsushi Imai, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shigemasa Kudo, Takahiro Yoneyama, Takuya Koie, Noritaka Kamimura, Hisao Saitoh, Tomihisa Funyu, Chikara Ohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/464735
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