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ReviewFrontiers in nephrology2023

Central vein stenosis in hemodialysis vascular access: clinical manifestations and contemporary management strategies.

Gift Echefu, Ifeoluwa Stowe, Abdulkareem Lukan, Gaurav Sharma, Indranill Basu-Ray, London Guidry, Jon Schellack, Damodar Kumbala

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Review in Frontiers in nephrology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Central vein stenosis- prevalence, clinical characteristics, outcome and its impact on dialysis access.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Gift EchefuDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Ifeoluwa StoweDepartment of Internal Medicine, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
Abdulkareem LukanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.
Gaurav SharmaDepartment of Nephrology, AIIMS Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India.
Indranill Basu-RayDepartment of Cardiology, AIIMS Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India.
London GuidryVascular Clinic of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
Jon SchellackVascular Clinic of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
Damodar KumbalaVascular Clinic of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
Baton Rouge Clinic · USAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center · USAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur · INBaton Rouge General · USRenal Associates P. A. · USUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central venous stenosis is a significant and frequently encountered problem in managing hemodialysis (HD) patients. Venous hypertension, often accompanied by severe symptoms, undermines the integrity of the hemodialysis access circuit. In central venous stenosis, dialysis through an arteriovenous fistula is usually inefficient, with high recirculation rates and prolonged bleeding after dialysis. Central vein stenosis is a known complication of indwelling intravascular and cardiac devices, such as peripherally inserted central catheters, long-term cuffed hemodialysis catheters, and pacemaker wires. Hence, preventing this challenging condition requires minimization of central venous catheter use. Endovascular interventions are the primary approach for treating central vein stenosis. Percutaneous angioplasty and stent placement may reestablish vascular function in cases of elastic and recurrent lesions. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal treatment, as existing management approaches have a wide range of patency rates.

Indexed as

central vein stenosis and obstructionendoluminal obstructionHemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) grafthemodialysis vascular access dysfunctionindwelling catheter complicationspercutaneous angioplasty (PTA)

Identifiers

PMID38022724
PMCPMC10664753
OpenAlexW4388541083

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