PMID- 17993256
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080313
LR  - 20101118
IS  - 0890-5096 (Print)
IS  - 0890-5096 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Jan
TI  - Sudden death after arteriovenous fistula ligation in a renal transplant patient.
PG  - 134-5
AB  - After a period of time using an arteriovenous (AV) fistula as vascular access for 
      hemodialysis, kidney transplant recipients usually undertake surgical closure if 
      the fistula is not spontaneously closed. In all prospective studies addressing 
      this issue, absence of major adverse events and progressive decrease in left 
      ventricular volume and mass is the rule. However, in these studies, patients with 
      heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) III or IV were not included, and 
      consequently, the effects of AV ligation in these high-risk patients are not well 
      known. We present a heart failure NYHA IV renal transplant patient with fatal 
      evolution after surgical closure of her high-flow AV fistula.
FAU - Pascual, Julio
AU  - Pascual J
AD  - Department of Nephrology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. 
      jpascual.hrc@salud.madrid.org
FAU - Martins, Judith
AU  - Martins J
FAU - Bouarich, Hannane
AU  - Bouarich H
FAU - Galeano, Cristina
AU  - Galeano C
FAU - Barrios, Vivencio
AU  - Barrios V
FAU - Marcen, Roberto
AU  - Marcen R
FAU - Ortuno, Joaquin
AU  - Ortuno J
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20071112
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Ann Vasc Surg
JT  - Annals of vascular surgery
JID - 8703941
SB  - IM
MH  - Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical/*adverse effects
MH  - Cardiac Output, High/*complications/etiology
MH  - Death, Sudden, Cardiac/*etiology
MH  - Fatal Outcome
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*complications/etiology/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Kidney Transplantation
MH  - Ligation
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Renal Dialysis
MH  - Renal Insufficiency/complications/physiopathology/surgery/*therapy
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
EDAT- 2007/11/13 09:00
MHDA- 2008/03/14 09:00
CRDT- 2007/11/13 09:00
PHST- 2007/01/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/06/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/07/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/11/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/03/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/11/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0890-5096(07)00326-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.031 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Vasc Surg. 2008 Jan;22(1):134-5. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.031. Epub 2007 
      Nov 12.