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Volume 12: Issue 9
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Publication Date:
01 Sep 2020
Online Publication Date:
03 Sep 2020
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    Top, Ellipsys catheter. Bottom, Ellipsys power controller.

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    Figure 2.

    Procedure for percutaneous arteriovenous vascular access

    Left, perforator anatomy. Right, access.

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    Wall capture, application of thermal energy, and anastomosis creation

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    Left, Anastomotic narrowing. Right, creation of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty showing balloon waist

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    Left, complete balloon effacement. Right, flow of 770 mL/min after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

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    Figure 6.

    Wavelinq EndoAVF system

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    Figure 7.

    Arterial and venous catheters, Wavelinq EndoAVF

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    Figure 8.

    Arterial and venous catheters aligned

Figure 1.

Top, Ellipsys catheter. Bottom, Ellipsys power controller.
Figure 1.

Top, Ellipsys catheter. Bottom, Ellipsys power controller.
Figure 2.

Procedure for percutaneous arteriovenous vascular access

Left, perforator anatomy. Right, access.
Figure 2.

Procedure for percutaneous arteriovenous vascular access

Left, perforator anatomy. Right, access.
Figure 3.

Wall capture, application of thermal energy, and anastomosis creation
Figure 3.

Wall capture, application of thermal energy, and anastomosis creation
Figure 4.

Left, Anastomotic narrowing. Right, creation of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty showing balloon waist
Figure 4.

Left, Anastomotic narrowing. Right, creation of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty showing balloon waist
Figure 5.

Left, complete balloon effacement. Right, flow of 770 mL/min after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
Figure 5.

Left, complete balloon effacement. Right, flow of 770 mL/min after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
Figure 6.

Wavelinq EndoAVF system
Figure 7.

Arterial and venous catheters, Wavelinq EndoAVF
Figure 8.

Arterial and venous catheters aligned
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Arteriovenous Access by Nephrologists Percutaneous Creation of Arteriovenous Fistula

Umar Waheed Umar Waheed, MD, specializes in nephrology and vascular surgery and is affiliated with Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix.

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