Observational studyJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2018
Prediction of Arteriovenous Fistula Clinical Maturation from Postoperative Ultrasound Measurements: Findings from the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 177 citations in OpenAlex.
- UK Kidney Association Clinical Practice Guideline on vascular access for haemodialysis.BMC nephrology · 2025Guideline
- Proteomic profiling of cephalic vein reveals potential biomarkers for arteriovenous fistula neointimal hyperplasia in ESRD patients.Renal failure · 2026Article
- Back-up arteriovenous fistula in peritoneal dialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study of long-term meaningful outcomes.Internal medicine journal · 2026Article
- Predicting haemodialysis arteriovenous fistula outcomes using computational fluid dynamics and ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI.The journal of vascular access · 2026Article
- Human Data First: New Biological Premises for Arteriovenous Fistula Research.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026Review
- Optimizing Dialysis Vascular Access: Moving beyond Fistula First.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026Review
- Clinical and histopathological predictors of secondary arteriovenous fistula failure due to intimal hyperplasia.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- The single-cell landscape of the human vein after arteriovenous fistula creation and implications for maturation failure.Kidney international · 2026Article
- Role of multimodality imaging pre-access for planning of surgical creation of arteriovenous fistulas and arteriovenous grafts in the chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease population.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026Review
- Development, Validation, and Evaluation of a Nurse-Led Perioperative Staged Exercise Management Program for Arteriovenous Fistula: A Sequential Multiphase Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Predicting 1-year successful clinical use of an arteriovenous access for hemodialysis using machine learning.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Establishment and Evaluation of Nomogram Model for Predicting the Risk of Arteriovenous Fistula Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing MHD.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Stellate ganglion light irradiation to enhance vasodilation in arteriovenous fistula creation for hemodialysis.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2025Article
- Development and validation of an inflammatory-based nomogram for predicting arteriovenous fistula maturation failure in end-stage renal disease patients.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula dysfunction and approaches to promote maturation: a vascular perspective.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025Review
- Impact of type of vascular access on clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients transitioning to haemodialysis: an ANZDATA study.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
- Hemodynamics are associated with subsequent lumen remodeling and clinical maturation of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study: Relationship between serum oxidative stress levels and arteriovenous fistula maturation in maintenance dialysis patients.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2025Article
- Novel Method to Monitor Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation: Impact on Catheter Residence Time.Blood purification · 2025Article
- Venous distensibility may be an indicator of early arteriovenous fistula failure, a retrospective single-centre cohort study.Renal failure · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe utility of early postoperative ultrasound measurements in predicting arteriovenous fistula (AVF) clinical maturation is uncertain.
methodsWe investigated the relationships of ultrasound parameters with AVF clinical maturation in newly created AVF, measured at 1 day and 2 and 6 weeks, in 602 participants of a multicenter, observational cohort study. A backward elimination algorithm identified ultrasound measurements that independently predicted unassisted and overall AVF maturation. Candidate variables included AVF blood flow, diameter, and depth, upper arm arterial diameter, presence of stenosis, presence of accessory veins, seven case-mix factors (age, sex, black race, AVF location, diabetes, dialysis status, and body mass index), and clinical center. We evaluated the accuracy of the resulting models for clinical prediction.
resultsAt each ultrasound measurement time, AVF blood flow, diameter, and depth each predicted in a statistically significant manner both unassisted and overall clinical maturation. Moreover, neither the remaining ultrasound parameters nor case-mix factors were associated with clinical AVF maturation after accounting for blood flow, diameter, and depth, although maturation probabilities differed among clinical centers before and after accounting for these parameters. The crossvalidated area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for models constructed using these three ultrasound parameters was 0.69, 0.74, and 0.79 at 1 day and 2 and 6 weeks, respectively, for unassisted AVF clinical maturation and 0.69, 0.71, and 0.76, respectively, for overall AVF maturation.
conclusionsAVF blood flow, diameter, and depth moderately predicted unassisted and overall AVF clinical maturation. The other factors considered did not further improve AVF maturation prediction.
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