title: Use of a cutting balloon for dilatation of a resistant venous stenosis of a hemodialysis fistula.
abstract: In a 71-year-old patient with a Brescia-Cimino hemodialysis fistula, high-pressure balloon dilatation failed to open the stenosis completely and a constant waist of the balloon was found. The use of a 3.5-mm coronary cutting balloon (Barath balloon) was helpful in preparing the stenosis for subsequent successful dilatation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schürmann
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Sieberth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D017534:Radial Artery; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology