title: Clinical significance of intraoperative flow measurement during bovine heterograft AV fistulae formation.
abstract: Between July 1977 and July 1979, 85 new upper arm bovine grafts were constructed and were followed up to June 1980. We divided the patients into 3 groups on the basis of the rate of blood flow through the graft. In group I, whose rate was less than 500 ml/min, the graft had a short life span. The group whose blood flow rate was higher than 1000 ml/min had a high incidence of complications, such as "steal" syndromes and congestive heart failure. Best results were achieved with a blood flow rate between 500 ml/min and 1000 ml/min.
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D006435:Renal Dialysis