Table 3 Dialysis access circuits and stent graft characteristics
Variable | Patient (N = 113) | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Arteriovenous access | Brachiocephalic | 41 | 36.3 |
Basilic transposition | 25 | 22.1 | |
Arteriovenous graft | 38 | 33.6 | |
Radiocephalic | 5 | 4.4 | |
Ulnar basilic | 2 | 1.8 | |
Radial basilic | 2 | 1.8 | |
Stent diameter | 6 and 7 mm | 26 | 23.0 |
8 and 9 mm | 39 | 34.5 | |
10 and 12 mm | 19 | 16.8 | |
14 and 16 mm | 29 | 25.7 | |
Stent length | Up to 75 mm | 64 | 56.6 |
100 and 125 mm | 49 | 43.4 | |
Angioplasty post stent deployment | No post ballooning or ballon with a smaller diameter than the implanted stent | 19 | 16.8 |
Balloon with the same diameter as the implanted stent | 94 | 83.2 |