title: [Initial experiences with combined balloon angioplasty and rtPA thrombolysis in dialysis shunt failure].
abstract: The 23 interventions performed by us on 18 patients had a very high success rate both in intraarterial lysis therapy of obstructed haemodialysis shunts and in balloon angioplasty (19/23). Shunt failure had to be primarily treated by surgery in 3 cases only. The complications were confined to a rupture of a vessel that required surgical care. 14 shunts were found to be patent in a total of 18 patients (18 being of course as small patient group). Our experience leads us to believe that patients suffering from shunt insufficiency should always be primarily treated endoluminally if angiography confirms that intervention is possible. Surgical intervention is always advisable even if the result may occasionally be negative in a few rare cases.
authors.affiliation: Strahlenklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kahl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schubeus
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gahl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
vernacular_title: Erste Erfahrungen mit der kombinierten Ballonangioplastie und rtPA-Thrombolyse bei Dialyseshuntversagen.