Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2018 • VOLUME 24 • №3

Degenerative alterations of the afferent artery in long-functioning arteriovenous fistula

Pinchuk O.V., Kokhan E.P., Obraztsov A.V., Minin K.Yu.

3rd Central Military Clinical Hospital named after A.A. Vishnevsky under the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Krasnogorsk, Russia

Discussed in the article is the literature data on the background, causes, and mechanisms of the development of degenerative aneurysmatic transformation of the afferent artery in a long-functioning arteriovenous fistula. This is followed by presenting two own clinical case reports concerning the development of pronounced dilatation of arteries during 13 and 25 years of the existence of posttraumatic arteriovenous anastomoses, with a detailed description of the variants of surgical treatment of these patients.

KEY WORDS: arteriovenous fistula, arterial degeneration, aneurysmatic transformation.

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