Effectiveness and Health Economics of Endoluminal Treatment of Autologous Arteriovenous Endovascular Fistula Failure

This study was aimed at evaluating the efficacy of different endovascular treatments for early and mid-stage clinical interventions in patients with autologous arteriovenous fistulae loss of function and the corresponding health economic value.

This is a prospective, single-center, real-world study intended to understand the clinical intervention efficacy and health economic value of various real-world endovascular treatments for autologous arteriovenous endovascular fistulae failure in a target lesion defined as the hemodialysis access inflow tract (arterial, anastomotic, and inflection), intermediate segment, and outflow tract vein. The study will enroll 480 patients with autologous arteriovenous endovascular fistulae that have failed during the period 2023/1-2024/12, in a single center. They will be divided into subgroups according to different treatment modalities, such as balloon dilatation alone group, medicated balloon group, and stent implantation group. The main observations were the technical success rate of various endoluminal treatment methods, perioperative major adverse events, and symptom-driven target lesion re-intervention rate, target vessel patency rate, and total hospitalization expenditures related to the target lesion at 1, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after the procedure.