Abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Despite arteriovenous native fistula (AVF) is the vascular access (VA) of choice due to a better outcome than central venous catheter (CVC) [1], catheter use is still common among haemodialysis (HD) patients. Our study aims to describe the survival and epidemiological features of a cohort of dialysis patients with a focus on the role of VA type.
METHOD
Our cohort comprises a prospective follow-up conduced … Show more
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