What is happening in the world of vascular access? research and innovations are flowing through

Abstract

Vascular access perfectly reproduces myointimal hyperplasia that can be found in coronary or peripheral arteries and has a major advantage that these other sites cannot match: it is quite superficial and not close to a major vital organ and also af- fects a population that will attend the hospital for dialysis on a very regular basis. It therefore appears obvious to try and de- velop a tool that will mitigate myointimal hyperplasia and that could later be tested on coronary or peripheral arteries. Over the past few years several trials have been organized and we are now at a stage where some results have become available. © 2012 Wichtig Editore.