title: Non-traumatic vascular emergencies: management of occluded hemodialysis shunts and venous access.
abstract: Shunt thrombosis is a relatively frequent complication of implant grafts but less common in native fistulas; both may undergo mechanical recanalization without thrombolysis. While in native fistulas, simple balloon angioplasty is a very useful tool for short-segment thrombosis, extensive thrombosis in native veins or grafts requires use of different mechanical devices or aspiration catheters. In venous access thrombosis, thrombolysis or fibrinous sheath stripping are percutaneous options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Ingolstadt, 85080 Ingolstadt, Germany. dierk.vorwerk@klinikum.ingolstadt.de
authors.forename: Dierk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*