Table 1 Risk factors for VAF
From: Pharmaceutical prevention strategy for arteriovenous fistula and arteriovenous graft failure
● Demographic factors | |
- Age, sex, ethnicity | |
● Clinical factors | |
- Cardiac disease, peripheral arterial disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity | |
● Hemodynamic factors | |
- Size and diastolic function of vessels, blood flow | |
● Technical factors | |
- experience of surgeon and cannulation techniques during dialysis |