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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2017 Jul 10;8(3):244–254. doi: 10.1007/s13239-017-0319-9

Figure 3. Process of Care Model to Achieve Successful AVF Use in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Hemodialysis Patients.

Figure 3

All these individual processes will need to be met to achieve a functional AVF for cannulation. Any failure to achieve any of these processes will consign the patient to dialysis with a CVC. Adapted from reference 73 (Lee et al, Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Jun;57(6):814–7) with permission from Elsevier.