The ROX CONTROL HTN study demonstrated the efficacy of arteriovenous coupler therapy in patients with resistant hypertension. However, one-third of the patients developed late ipsilateral venous ...

New findings from the ROX CONTROL HTN study show that insertion of a stent-like device in patients with uncontrolled hypertension produces an instant lowering of blood pressure (BP). In their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with treatment-resistant arterial hypertension had significant reductions in office-measured and ...

Shunting blood from an iliac artery to a neighboring vein via a percutaneous “coupler” device dramatically reduces blood pressure (BP) in patients with resistant hypertension, according to data ...

FOR some, the absence of a single organ that is normally paired within the human body rules out a surgical approach on the remaining organ. This point of view seems illogical in the light of the ...

A heparin-coated endovascular prosthesis has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of stenosis or thrombotic occlusions at the venous anastomosis of synthetic ...

VENOUS anastomoses connecting the portal and pulmonary veins have been shown in cirrhotic patients by post-mortem injection, 1 and there has been considerable speculation concerning their possible ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted indication for the GORE® VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis to treat ...

In our practice, a commitment to autologous access began even before the publication of the DOQI guidelines. Early in our experience, prosthetic grafts were generally the third line of intervention ...

Patients with kidney failure often require arteriovenous grafts to be connected to dialysis machines for their lifesaving treatment. However, one common problem with the artificial tubes is they can ...