New findings from the ROX CONTROL HTN study show that insertion of a stent-like device in patients with uncontrolled hypertension produces an instant lowering of blood pressure (BP). In their ...

LONDON, UK — A paper-clip–sized implant inserted between the artery and vein in the central arterial tree, which is designed to shunt blood out of the artery and into the vein, has shown positive ...

Shunting blood from an iliac artery to a neighboring vein via a percutaneous “coupler” device dramatically reduces blood pressure (BP) in patients with resistant hypertension, according to data ...

NEW ORLEANS — With the help of nanotechnology, interventionalists might soon be able to create an immediate and permanent percutaneous arteriovenous fistula that has patency and maturation rates ...

Stenosis is the main complication of all types of arteriovenous access for hemodialysis. Many stenoses remain asymptomatic, or at least undiagnosed, until the occurrence of acute thrombosis. There is ...

VENOUS anastomoses connecting the portal and pulmonary veins have been shown in cirrhotic patients by post-mortem injection, 1 and there has been considerable speculation concerning their possible ...

To undergo kidney dialysis, doctors must first surgically create an access route—an arteriovenous fistula—usually in an arm, ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Patients with failing kidneys may soon be able to get an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis without surgery, a researcher reported here. The Ellipsys Vascular Access System -- a ...

Arteries in the head may need to be bypassed as part of an operation, usually because of 'ballooning' or blockage of arteries. Laser-assisted cerebral vascular anastomosis without temporary arterial ...

A 61-year-old man with a decade-long history of a pulsatile bruit in his right ear presented to our institution for workup by ambulance after a seizure. He had received treatment previously for ...