Tunneled dialysis catheter placement in intensive care unit patients: influence of catheter tip design on clinical performance
The findings suggest that the VectorFlow catheter demonstrates significantly better primary unassisted patency over the Ash-Split design in ICU settings, supporting its preferential use.
Authors
- Matthew Hung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8018-8514)
- Ansar Z. Vance (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6679)
- G. Nadolski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-8288)
- Raphael M. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-3936)
- Alexey Gurevich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8031-2028)
- Timothy W.I. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-3517)
- Ryan-Assaad El-Ghazal
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Society of Interventional Radiology (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CVIR Endovascular
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s42155-025-00596-1
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00