title: Successful salvage of thrombosed arterio-venous fistula with thrombolytic therapy using tissue plasminogen activator.
abstract: A functioning vascular access is crucial to the wellbeing of patients on hemodialysis. Thrombosis is the most common complication of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) resulting in late fistula failure; Its treatment is difficult, and results are often suboptimal. Interventional treatment of AVF thrombosis may not be available all the time, and timely application of an available noninterventional treatment may salvage the fistula. We report the successful treatment of AVF thrombosis using local thrombolytic therapy using tissue plasminogen activator in a patient, for the first time in India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parameswaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satheesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morkhandikar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayasurya
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Padhi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Priyamvada
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
keywords: Arteriovenous fistula; thrombolysis text; thrombosis; tissue plasminogen activator
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