![]() ![]() The majority of grafts were located in the left arm (76%). The mean age of the dialysis grafts was 2.4 years. Baseline characteristics were fairly similar between the two arms. A total of 125 stent grafts were implanted in 97 patients 67% of the stent grafts were flared, 16% were straight, and 17% consisted of overlapping straight and flared grafts. A single, intravenous dose of prophylactic antibiotic-usually cefazolin sodium, in patients who did not have an allergy-was administered in the stent graft arm.Ī total of 190 patients were randomized, 93 to balloon angioplasty and 97 to stent grafting. Concomitant Medications:Īnticoagulants (40%), antiplatelet agents (9%). Balloon angioplasty was performed using standard methods. The stent graft was deployed with a 9F delivery catheter. ![]() Two stent-graft configurations were used: tubular (straight) and flared. The stent graft was an investigational device, which consisted of a self-expanding nitinol stent covered in carbon-impregnated expanded PTFE (Flair Endovascular Stent Graft, Bard Peripheral Vascular). Percent stenosis of the treatment area at 2 months and 6 months. ![]()
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