Long-Term Outcomes of Arteriovenous Fistulas with Unassisted versus Assisted Maturation: A Retrospective National Hemodialysis Cohort Study.
Timmy LeeJoyce Zhang QianYi ZhangMae ThamerMichael AllonPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2019)
For this cohort of patients undergoing assisted AVF maturation, we observed a positive association between the number of prematuration AVF interventions and the likelihood of functional primary patency loss and frequency of postmaturation interventions.