title: [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of dialysis access shunts].
abstract: Sixteen balloon angioplasties were performed in 10 patients with upper-extremity dialysis access shunts. The initial success rate was 80% (12/15). Of the initial successes, 58% (7/12) were patent at six months and 13% (1/8) at one year. In nine cases, repeat PTA was necessary. The mean interval of patency was about four months. The longest interval was two and a half years. The complication of thrombosis of the loop shunt during PTA was successfully treated by fibrinolytic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyorin University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nitatori
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hachiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Korenaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis