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- Title
Successful salvage of thrombosed arterio‑venous fistula with thrombolytic therapy using tissue plasminogen activator.
- Authors
Parameswaran, S.; Satheesh, S.; Morkhandikar, S.; Shankar, V.; Jayasurya, R.; Padhi, R. K.; Priyamvada, P. S.; Swaminathan, R. P.
- Abstract
A functioning vascular access is crucial to the wellbeing of patients on hemodialysis. Thrombosis is the most common complication of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) resulting in late fistula failure; Its treatment is difficult, and results are often suboptimal. Interventional treatment of AVF thrombosis may not be available all the time, and timely application of an available noninterventional treatment may salvage the fistula. We report the successful treatment of AVF thrombosis using local thrombolytic therapy using tissue plasminogen activator in a patient, for the first time in India.
- Subjects
THROMBOLYTIC therapy; TISSUE plasminogen activator; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD testing; ARTERIOVENOUS fistula; HYPERTENSION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 2, p110
- ISSN
0971-4065
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0971-4065.136888