March 2015 Articles

Treatment of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency with ergocalciferol is associated with reduced vascular access dysfunction in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Agarwal G1, Vasquez K, Penagaluru N, Gelfond J, Qunibi WY.

Hemodial Int. 2015 Mar 19 . [Epub ahead of print]

doi: 10.1111/hdi.12292

Prospective controlled pilot study of arteriovenous fistula creation using the novel Optiflow device.

Nikam M1, Chemla ES2, Evans J3, Summers A3, Brenchley P3, Tavakoli A4, Roy-Chaudhury P5, Mitra S3

J Vasc Surg. 2015 Jan 13. Epub ahead of print]

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.11.082.

Air Embolism during Insertion and Replacement of Tunneled Dialysis Catheters: A Retrospective Investigation of the Effect of Aerostatic Sheaths and Over-the-Wire Exchange.

Hsu M1, Trerotola SO2.

J Vasc Interv Radiol.2015 Mar;26(3):366-71. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.11.035.

Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty in stenosis of native hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas: technical success and analysis of factors affecting postprocedural fistula patency.

Aktas A1, Bozkurt A, Aktas B, Kirbas I.

Diagn Interv Radiol. 2015 Mar-Apr;21(2):160-6.

doi: 10.5152/dir.2014.14348.