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Life-saving vascular access in vascular capital exhaustion: single center exper...
Pereira,Marta; Lopez,Noélia; Godinho,Iolanda; Jorge,Sofia; Nogueira,Estela; Neves,Fernando; Fortes,Alice; Costa,António G.Abstract Introduction: Intra-atrial catheter (IAC) placement through an open surgical approach has emerged as a life-saving technique in hemodialysis (HD) patients with vascular access exhaustion. Objective: To assess the complications of IAC placement, as well as patient and vascular access survival after this procedure. Methods: The authors retrospectively analyzed all seven patients with vascular capital exh...
Hyperinfection syndrome with hypereosinophilia and chronic kidney disease: case...
Lopez,Noélia; Fortes,Alice; Nogueira,Estela; Godinho,Iolanda; Jorge,Sofia; Marques,Tiago; Fernandes,Paulo; Costa,António GChronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated to significant infection incidence and severity, the cause of death of, approximately, 20% of end-stage renal disease patients. Close to 80% of all infections in these patients can be related to organ or tissue other than vascular access, reflecting immune system dysfunction related to several mechanisms. Strongyloides stercoralis is an endemic nematode found especiall...
Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) Graft device: a lifesaving solution in mul...
Vieira,Miguel Bigotte; Ferreira,Tiago; Fortes,Alice; Martins,Pedro; Ministro,Augusto; Ferreira,Hugo; Silva,Hugo; Amaral,Tiago; Resina,CristinaThe increasing prevalence of end-stage chronic kidney disease associated with advances in treatment is expected to lead to improved survival rates of chronic haemodialysis patients in Portugal. Establishing and maintaining vascular access patency is becoming a challenging issue in these patients. We present a case report of a multiple vascular access failure patient to whom a novel vascular access device was im...
Results of endovascular procedures performed in dysfunctional arteriovenous acc...
Machado,Susana; Ferreira,Aníbal; Lucas,Carlos; Gil,Célia; Fortes,Alice; Neves,Fernando C.Aim. Percutaneous endovascular procedures have become the standard treatment of arteriovenous fistulae and graft stenosis. This study evaluates the immediate results of angiographic procedures performed by nephrologists in patients with dysfunctional arteriovenous fistulae and arteriovenous graft stenosis. Patients and Methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on patients referred to the three Interventio...