The Impact of Adjuvant Av-fistula on Cuffed Femorocrural PTFE Bypass Grafting: Flow and Pressure Response. Export

@article{citeulike:117714, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of an adjuvant av-fistula on prosthetic bypass grafting and whether intraoperative flow measurements could predict patency and adverse events of cuffed femorocrural PTFE bypass with or without an av-fistula. METHODS: A total of 50 patients in need of vascular reconstruction for critical limb ischaemia (CLI) but with no suitable venous conduit were included. RESULTS: The flow values in patients with av-fistula were significantly higher (p=0.009) than in the group without the fistula but the higher flow values did not result in improved patency. The maximum flow velocity (Vmax) in the av-fistula group was significantly higher in the immediate postoperative period (p=0.04), but there was no difference in patency. When a flow value of 50ml/min was used as a cut-off point, patients with a higher flow had significantly better immediate patency (p=0.025). CONCLUSION: The adjuvant av-fistula neither caused any adverse effects nor had any effect on patency.}, address = {Department of Vascular Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Surgery, Etel\"{a}-Karjala Central Hospital, Finland.}, author = {Laurila, K. and Aho, P. S. and Alb\"{a}ck, A. and Teittinen, K. and Kantonen, I. and Lep\"{a}ntalo, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {117714}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.12.015}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15749044}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15749044}, doi = {10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.12.015}, issn = {1078-5884}, journal = {Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg}, keywords = {adjuvant-av-fistula}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {425--428}, posted-at = {2005-03-09 08:04:44}, priority = {2}, title = {The Impact of Adjuvant Av-fistula on Cuffed Femorocrural PTFE Bypass Grafting: Flow and Pressure Response.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.12.015}, volume = {29}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:117714 L3 - citeulike-article-id:117714 N2 - OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of an adjuvant av-fistula on prosthetic bypass grafting and whether intraoperative flow measurements could predict patency and adverse events of cuffed femorocrural PTFE bypass with or without an av-fistula. METHODS: A total of 50 patients in need of vascular reconstruction for critical limb ischaemia (CLI) but with no suitable venous conduit were included. RESULTS: The flow values in patients with av-fistula were significantly higher (p=0.009) than in the group without the fistula but the higher flow values did not result in improved patency. The maximum flow velocity (Vmax) in the av-fistula group was significantly higher in the immediate postoperative period (p=0.04), but there was no difference in patency. When a flow value of 50ml/min was used as a cut-off point, patients with a higher flow had significantly better immediate patency (p=0.025). CONCLUSION: The adjuvant av-fistula neither caused any adverse effects nor had any effect on patency. IS - 4 JF - Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg SN - 1078-5884 AD - Department of Vascular Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Surgery, Etelä-Karjala Central Hospital, Finland. EP - 428 TI - The Impact of Adjuvant Av-fistula on Cuffed Femorocrural PTFE Bypass Grafting: Flow and Pressure Response. VL - 29 SP - 425 KW - adjuvant-av-fistula AU - Laurila, K AU - Aho, PS AU - Albäck, A AU - Teittinen, K AU - Kantonen, I AU - Lepäntalo, M PY - 2005/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.12.015 ER -