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Percutaneous Mural Fenestration and Angioplasty for the Treatment of a Refractory Hemodialysis-Related Venous Stenosis

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Venous stenoses are the leading cause of dialysis graft and mature dialysis fistula malfunction. We report a simple, inexpensive technique for treating stenoses that are refractory to conventional balloon angioplasty and present a case in which this technique was successfully applied.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, USA

    Gregory L. Denison & Brian Funaki

  2. Department of Radiology, Mercy Health System, 1000 Mineral Point Avenue, Janesville, WI, 53547, USA

    Gregory L. Denison

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Denison, G.L., Funaki, B. Percutaneous Mural Fenestration and Angioplasty for the Treatment of a Refractory Hemodialysis-Related Venous Stenosis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 1163–1164 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0205-y

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