title: Arteriovenous Access Failure, Stenosis, and Thrombosis.
abstract: Vascular access-related complications can lead to patient morbidity and reduced patient quality of life. Some of the common arteriovenous access complications include failure to mature, stenosis formation, and thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Cumming School of Medicine and Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: MacRae
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dipchand
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moist
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Charmaine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lok
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hiremath
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kappel
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Mercedeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiaii
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luscombe
authors.affiliation: Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Miller
keywords: access monitoring; access surveillance; access thrombosis; angioplasty; peripheral stenosis; primary failure; primary patency; secondary patency