Effect of Dipyridamole plus Aspirin on Hemodialysis Graft Patency

2009289 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Bradley S. Dixon · University of Iowa

Gerald J. Beck · Cleveland Clinic

Miguel A. Vázquez · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Arthur Greenberg · Duke University

James A. Delmez · Washington University in St. Louis

Michael Allon · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Laura M. Dember

Abstract

Treatment with dipyridamole plus aspirin had a significant but modest effect in reducing the risk of stenosis and improving the duration of primary unassisted patency of newly created grafts. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00067119.)

Topics & Keywords

Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Vascular Procedures and Complications Dialysis and Renal Disease Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 21, pp. 2191-2201

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0805840

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