title: Predicting dialysis vascular access blood flow and diameter: too much, too little, or just right.
abstract: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality. Despite the magnitude of the clinical problem, however, there are no effective clinical or biological predictors of AVF success or failure. Caroli et al. describe an innovative technology that may be successful in predicting AVF flow and diameter using standard-of-care preoperative inputs. Pending additional longer-term validation, the use of this technology could help us get the right access into the right patient at the right time.
authors.affiliation: 1] Dialysis Vascular Access Research Group, Division of Nephrology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA [2] Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Prabir
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roy-Chaudhury
authors.forename: Timmy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Rino
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Munda
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*