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  • Title: Percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy for thrombosed autogenous fistulae and prosthetic arteriovenous grafts: outcome after aggressive surveillance and endovascular management.
    Author: Kakkos SK, Haddad GK, Haddad J, Scully MM.
    Journal: J Endovasc Ther; 2008 Feb; 15(1):91-102. PubMed ID: 18254668.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To study the outcome of rheolytic thrombectomy for hemodialysis access occlusion. METHODS: A prospective study was conducted of 187 patients (88 men; median age 63 years, range 21-89) with end-stage renal disease treated with the AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy catheter followed by angioplasty (+/- stenting) of the culprit lesions in 285 episodes of arteriovenous graft (n = 261) or fistula (n = 24) thrombosis. Clinical success was defined as at least one successful subsequent hemodialysis session. Graft monitoring and surveillance included clinical and hemodialysis parameters, respectively, to detect a failing/failed access. RESULTS: Rheolytic thrombectomy had a technical (immediate) success rate of 98.2% and a clinical success rate of 95.1%. Technical and clinical success for patients presenting within 2 days of the thrombosis was 99.6% and 96.6%, respectively, compared to 91.8% (p = 0.003, odds ratio 20.8) and 87.8% (p = 0.019, odds ratio 4) for later presentation. The number of stenoses that was managed (median, interquartile range) was significantly higher in grafts (4, 3-4) compared to fistulae (2, 2-3; p<0.001) and in accesses that had been treated for dysfunction or thrombosis in the past (4, 3-4) compared to accesses that had not (3, 3-4; p = 0.07). During follow-up, 95 (36.6%) accesses had no further thrombotic events, 23 (9%) accesses became dysfunctional and were treated with endovascular techniques, 137 (52.3%) developed recurrent thrombosis for which rheolytic thrombectomy was attempted, and 30 (11.5%) were abandoned or removed for infection. Functional assisted primary patency at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months was 72.4%, 45.1%, 30.3%, and 22.4%, respectively. Reintervention and venous outflow stenosis were associated with better and worse outcomes, respectively; multivariate analysis identified patient age, central vein stenosis, and stenting as additional independent predictors of improved patency. CONCLUSION: Rheolytic thrombectomy is a highly successful procedure, with acceptable long-term assisted primary patency. Early referral for thrombectomy should be encouraged.
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