Arteriovenous Graft Failure in the Veterans Health Administration: Outcome Disparities Associated with Race.

ABSTRACT: Background Vascular access for ongoing hemodialysis often fails, frequently requiring repeated procedures to maintain vascular patency. While research has shown racial discrepancies in multiple aspects of renal failure treatment, there is poor understanding of how these factors might relate to vascular access maintenance procedures after arteriovenous graft (AVG) placement. Purpose To evaluate racial disparities associated with premature vascular access failure after percutaneous access maintenance procedures following AVG placement using a retrospective national cohort from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Materials and Methods All hemodialysis vascular maintenance procedures performed at VHA hospitals between October 2016 and March 2020 were identified. To ensure the sample repr

SUBMITTER: Higgins MCSS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11262058 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature