New Arteriovenous Fistula Study Results Reported from Seoul (Patency of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts for dialysis access: An analysis using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database from 2008 to 2019): Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions – Arteriovenous Fistula

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2023 JUN 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- Investigators publish new report on arteriovenous fistula. According to news originating from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Arteriovenous (AV) access practice and its outcomes vary internationally. To provide a better understanding of the patterns and outcomes of AV access creation, we investigated the patency and risk factors of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and grafts (AVGs) as initial AV access in the Korean adult population using data from the last 10 years.”

Funders for this research include The Korean Society of Dialysis Access.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Department of Surgery: “The National Health Insurance Service database was queried retrospectively to identify patients undergoing hemodialysis with AVFs and AVGs as well as their clinical characteristics and outcomes from 2008 to 2019. AV access patency and its associated risk factors were evaluated. During the study period, 64,179 AVFs and 21,857 AVGs were placed. The mean patient age was 62.6 ± 13.6 years (21.5% were 75 years old), and 39.3% patients were women. More than half of the patients underwent AV access creation at tertiary care hospitals. At 1 year, the primary, primary assisted, and secondary patency rates were 62.2%, 80.7%, and 94.2% for AVFs, and 46.0%, 68.4%, and 86.8% for AVGs, respectively. AVG, older age, female sex, diabetes, and creation at general hospitals (vs tertiary hospitals) were associated with decreased patency outcomes (all, p < 0.05).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This study using national data showed that three quarters of patients with AV access had AVF and AVF showed superior performance to AVG and identified several patient and center factors related to AV access patency in Korea.”

For more information on this research see: Patency of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts for dialysis access: An analysis using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database from 2008 to 2019. The Journal of Vascular Access, 2023. The publisher for The Journal of Vascular Access is SAGE Publications.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/11297298231180253.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Hyejin Mo, Department of Surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Sukyung Kwon, Daehwan Kim, Ye Jee Kim, Hyangkyoung Kim, Seung Boo Yang, Young Joo Kwon.

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