Freeway paclitaxel-releasing balloons to treat recurrent stenosis of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients

Minerva cardioangiologica
Nicola TroisiStefano Michelagnoli

Abstract

To evaluate early and mid-term outcomes of Freeway paclitaxel-releasing balloons (Eurocor GmbH, Bonn, GE) in hemodialysis patients with recurrent stenosis of arteriovenous fistula. Between July 2013 and December 2016 27 hemodialysis patients with recurrent stenosis of arteriovenous fistula underwent endovascular treatment with a Freeway balloon. About inclusion criteria, all patients were previously treated at the target lesion with a standard balloon angioplasty (BA). The intervals in months between standard BA and procedure with DCB (time BA-DCB) and between procedure with DCB and new restenosis (time DCBrestenosis) were evaluated and compared with T-test. 2-year estimated outcomes in terms of survival, primary patency, primary assisted patency, secondary patency, and freedom from target lesion restenosis (TLR) were assessed with Kaplan-Meier curves. Technical success was obtained in 96.3% of the cases. During the follow-up (mean duration 13.6 months, range 1-33) 13 patients (48.1%) had a new restenosis. Mean time BA-DCB was 4.8 months, and the mean time DCB-restenosis was 7.6 months with a statistically significant difference at T-test (P<0.001). Estimated 2-year rates of primary patency, primary assisted patency, secondary ...Continue Reading

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