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Selective digital venous hypertension: A rare complication of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula

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We report and document angiographically a case of selective venous hypertension, masquerading as an infection, which involved the three middle digits of the right hand in a patient with an access arteriovenous (AV) fistula. This complication arose following hemodialysis and was resolved after resection of the right radial artery at the site of AV fistula and re-anastomosis.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Northern Division, York and Tabor Roads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Lawrence C. Swayne

  2. Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Norther, Division, York and Tabor Roads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Robert Somers

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Duke University, West Campus Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Carl Manstein

  4. Temple University School of Medicine, Broad and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Constantin Cope M.D.

  5. Section of Vascular Roentgenology, Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Northern Division, York and Tabor Roads, 19141, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Constantin Cope M.D.

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Swayne, L.C., Manstein, C., Somers, R. et al. Selective digital venous hypertension: A rare complication of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 6, 61–62 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552796

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