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- Title
Percutaneous thrombolysis of thrombosed haemodialysis access grafts: comparison of three mechanical devices.
- Authors
Smits, Henk F. M.; Smits, Johannes H. M.; Wüst, Aloys F. J.; Buskens, Erik; Blankestijn, Peter J.
- Abstract
Background. Percutaneous thrombolysis has become an accepted treatment of thrombosed haemodialysis grafts. Several devices have been developed for mechanical thrombolysis, which macerate the clot using different mechanisms such as aspiration and fragmentation. The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of three devices for mechanical thrombolysis in removing the thrombus from thrombosed haemodialysis access grafts and to determine the initial technical and clinical success, complication rates of each device, and graft patency after the procedure.
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2002, Vol 17, Issue 3, p467
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/17.3.467