title: Creating arteriovenous fistula using an automatic anastomotic device.
abstract: We describe the use of the Cardica C-Port xA Distal Anastomosis System for performing an automated, arteriovenous fistula in patients on hemodialysis with end stage renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Second Cardiac Surgery Department, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Michalis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Argiriou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paralikas
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anagnostakou
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panagiotakopoulos
authors.forename: Orestis
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Argiriou
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charitos
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001331:Automation; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*