Figure 2.
B-Mode image of native arteriovenous fistula. Side-to-end well-functioning radiocephalic fistula at the wrist. (*) Anastomosis (a). Side-to-end radiocephalic AVF in a diabetic patient. Maturation of vascular access as well as the remodeling and dilation of the radial artery (Ra), anastomotic chamber (*), and draining vein are insufficient (b). Atherosclerotic and calcified radial artery in elderly diabetic patient with inflow stenosis. Brachial artery Qa in this patient was 180 ml/min (c). Coarse wall calcifications with shadowing (white arrows) into the anastomosis (*) of a well-functioning long-term radiocephalic fistula (d).
