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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>56</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Complication of Hemodialysis Access: A Case Report of Venous Hypertension</title>
    <FirstPage>208</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>209</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sadegh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Asadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mahmood</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hosseinzadeh Maleki</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Birjand Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Bibi Fatemeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shakhs Emampour</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, Birjand Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Morteza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hajihosseini</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Birjand CardioVascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Majid</FirstName>
        <LastName>Jafarnejad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Birjand Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Vascular access for dialysis is essential for these patients with end-stage renal disease, improvements in hemodialysis managment have lead to extended life expectancy. The creation and maintenance of hemoaccess occupies a significant portion of most vascular and general surgery practices.Venous hypertension due to arteriovenous fistula is usually secondary to venous outlet obstruction. Side to side proximal artery arteriovenous fistula serves as a certain cause of hemodialysis, but it is rarely reported as a peripheral venous hypertension cause. We are reporting a case with developed venous hypertension having dermal injuries in the arm. The patient underwent successful side-to-side radio cephalic fistula creation in the snuffbox a year ago.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/6028</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/6028/5070</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
