Clinical trials: Steal Syndrome
Arteriovenous Fistulas, Renal Failure, End-Stage
Trial Comparing the Incidence of Steal Syndrome in the Two Types of anTEcubitaL Fossa Arteriovenous fistuLa AVF
Background: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a form of vascular access for haemodialysis. An AVF is normally created at the level of the wrist, but occasionally it is created in the elbow when there is no suitable vessel in the…
- Conditions
- Arteriovenous Fistulas, Renal Failure, End-Stage, Steal Syndrome
- Trial name
- STEAL (NCT02297451)
- Testing
- Proximal radial/ulnar artery as inflow
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust