2007
DOI: 10.1177/112972980700800213
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Displacement of the Inferior Vena Cava as a Factor Limiting Catheter Performance in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients

Abstract: We report a case of a lady affected by autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease who had been on hemodialyis for 24 years. She has exhausted all options for arterious-venous fistula. The presence of an acquired anatomical abnormality was an obstacle in order to get appropriate blood flow from standard tunnelled femoral catheters. The enlarged right kidney was pushing the inferior vena cava to the left side of the abdomen, and the abnormality was demonstrated by phlebography. Only after placing a cuffed cath… Show more

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