For Old Or Young Dialysis Patients, AV Fistulas Remain Pure Gold

A new study shows that for those individuals with chronic kidney disease, it doesn’t matter if you’re young or old: arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain the gold standard for maintaining access to one’s circulatory system to provide life-sustaining dialysis. Interventional radiologists found no difference between the two age groups when it comes to “patency” or the openness of AV fistulas or accesses needed for dialysis.

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Filed under: Blood on March 13th, 2009