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ArticleCardiovascular engineering and technology2017

Maintaining Patency of Vascular Access for Haemodialysis.

Nicholas Inston, J Al Shakarchi, A Khawaja, R Jones

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Article in Cardiovascular engineering and technology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Surgical versus endovascular intervention for vascular access thrombosis: a nationwide observational cohort study.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2022
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  3. Endovascular Management of Thrombosed Dialysis Vascular Circuits.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicholas InstonDepartment of Renal Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Nicholas.Inston2@uhb.nhs.uk.
J Al ShakarchiDepartment of Renal Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
A KhawajaDepartment of Renal Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
R JonesDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All types of vascular access, a necessity for haemodialysis, are prone to thrombosis and if untreated this results in failure. Thrombosis results from the combination of impaired blood flow, endothelial and vessel wall injury and a propensity towards pro-coagulative states, either intrinsic or aggravated by dialysis or dehydration. The treatment of access thrombosis relies on removal of the clot (thrombectomy) and treatment of the underlying problem. In most cases this is stenosis secondary to neointimal hyperplasia which can occur early (failure to mature) or later. Pharmacological approaches have largely been shown to be ineffective at prevention of thrombosis. The mainstay of preventing access failure may be in surveillance and detecting stenosis prior to occlusion although the optimal protocol to achieve this remains undefined. Management of thrombosed access is via either surgical and radiological approaches. Multiple techniques and devices are available for thrombectomy and the choice is usually based on local expertise and availability rather than evidence as few trials have been performed to allow robust comparisons. This paper outlines the basis of access thrombosis and discusses the currently available techniques for treatment.

Indexed as

CatheterizationHumansRenal DialysisThrombectomyThrombolytic TherapyThrombosisVascular Access DevicesVascular PatencyArteriovenous fistulaMaturationPatencyThrombosisVascular access

Identifiers

PMID28721509
PMCPMC5573759
OpenAlexW2738232974

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