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Use of a cutting balloon for dilatation of a resistant venous stenosis of a hemodialysis fistula |
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| Authors: | Dierk Vorwerk MD Rolf W Günther Karl ScMrmann Heinz-Günther Sieberth |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse, D-52057 Aachen, Germany;(2) Department of Nephrology, Technical University of Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse, D-52057 Aachen, Germany |
| Abstract: | In a 71-year-old patient with a Brescia-Cimino hemodialysis fistula, high-pressure balloon dilatation failed to open the stenosis completely and a constant waist of the balloon was found. The use of a 3.5-mm coronary cutting balloon (Barath balloon) was helpful in preparing the stenosis for subsequent successful dilatation. |
| Keywords: | Hemodialysis Fistula Native vein shunt Balloon cutting |
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