Table 3.
Comparison of dialysis access-related procedure complications
| AV access procedures |
Catheter |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrombectomy |
Angio/PTA |
Total |
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| IR (N = 393) | IN(N = 11,789) | IR(N = 1,258) | IN(N = 50,300) | IR(N = 1,651) | IN(N = 62,089) | IR(N = 2,088) | IN (N = 22,580) | |
| CPA (%) | 0.51 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 0.01 |
| ME (%) | 0.76 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.08 |
| All (%) | 1.27 | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.11 | 0.61 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 0.09 |
AV, arteriovenous; Angio/PTA, combined angiogram and angioplasty groups; CPA, cardiopulmonary arrest; IN, interventional nephrology; IR, interventional radiology; ME, medical emergency.
From “Medical emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrests in interventional radiology,” by G. Nadolski, A. Praestgaard, R.D. Shlansky-Goldberg, M.C. Soulen, S.W. Stavropoulos, S.O. Trerotola, C. Farrelly, 2013, J Vasc Interv Radiol, 24, p. 1779–1785 and “Dialysis access procedures in the outpatient setting: risky?” by A.Q. Urbanes, 2013, J Vasc Interv Radiol, 24, p. 1787–1789. Reprinted with permission.