Clinical significance of intraoperative flow measurement during bovine heterograft AV fistulae formation.
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.
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