A 91-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis successfully underwent maintenance hemodialysis via arteriovenous fistula after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a case report with literature review

A 91-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis successfully underwent maintenance hemodialysis via arteriovenous fistula after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a case report with literature review

Abstract Background Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has evolved to be a treatment of choice in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis (AS). However, it is not known whether TAVI is safe and beneficial for the creation of arteriovenous fistula for maintenance hemodialysis in high-risk...

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Main Authors: Minoru Yasukawa, Hiroki Omizo, Kazuhiro Sakai, Sachiko Kitagawa, Takahiro Kikuyama, Masaki Yamanaka, Fumika Ochiai, Ryo Togashi, Yoshikazu Nemoto, Tatsuya Ota, Hideyuki Kawashima, Shintaro Takamura, Yusuke Watanabe, Ken Kozuma, Shigeru Shibata, Yoshihide Fujigaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
Subjects:
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease
Aortic stenosis
Arteriovenous fistula
Hemodialysis
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41100-019-0247-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41100-019-0247-2

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