title: Self-expanding stents for the treatment of a long venous stenosis in a dialysis shunt: case report.
abstract: This report describes the successful management of a long venous stenosis that resulted from intimal hyperplasia in a synthetic hemodialysis graft. The recurrent stenosis was kept patent with four overlapping, self-expanding metallic stents, which allowed coverage of the 16 cm distance from the axillary vein to the synthetic graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Klinikum, University of Technology, Aachen, FRG.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Klose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bohndorf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kistler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Sieberth
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014680:Veins