TY - JOUR
T1 - Closure of a surgically created arteriovenous fistula with a covered stent-graft in a patient with venous ambulatory hypertension
T2 - A case report
AU - Schmittling, Zachary C.
AU - McLafferty, Robert B.
AU - Ramsey, Don E.
AU - Hodgson, Kim J.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to report the use of a covered stent-graft in the endovascular treatment of a surgically created arteriovenous fistula. A 37-year-old woman with symptomatic venous ambulatory hypertension underwent a left common femoral vein-to-right common iliac vein bypass using 10 mm ringed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with creation of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula from the superficial femoral artery to the PTFE graft. At 1 year postoperatively, recurrent symptoms thought to be due to the arteriovenous fistula were treated by placement of an 8 mm × 10 cm Viabahn covered stent-graft. Placement was via crossover technique from the right common femoral artery using a 9 French sheath. At 2 months' follow-up symptoms had resolved, the AV fistula was occluded, and venous bypass remained patent. Focal arteriovenous fistulas of the proximal superficial femoral artery can be treated safely with a covered stent-graft via an endovascular approach.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to report the use of a covered stent-graft in the endovascular treatment of a surgically created arteriovenous fistula. A 37-year-old woman with symptomatic venous ambulatory hypertension underwent a left common femoral vein-to-right common iliac vein bypass using 10 mm ringed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with creation of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula from the superficial femoral artery to the PTFE graft. At 1 year postoperatively, recurrent symptoms thought to be due to the arteriovenous fistula were treated by placement of an 8 mm × 10 cm Viabahn covered stent-graft. Placement was via crossover technique from the right common femoral artery using a 9 French sheath. At 2 months' follow-up symptoms had resolved, the AV fistula was occluded, and venous bypass remained patent. Focal arteriovenous fistulas of the proximal superficial femoral artery can be treated safely with a covered stent-graft via an endovascular approach.
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U2 - 10.1177/153857440503900411
DO - 10.1177/153857440503900411
M3 - Article
C2 - 16079948
AN - SCOPUS:23044509517
SN - 1538-5744
VL - 39
SP - 363
EP - 366
JO - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
JF - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
IS - 4
ER -