Ayman Refaat1, Ahmed EL-Marakby, Ahmed Farghaly2, Hossam ELShamaa3, Mohamed Ibrahim4, Mohamed Hamed Salem5
Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Fatma Zeinhom²
1Amr Saleh El Bahaey, 2Ahmed Balboula
Fouad S. Fouad1 and Abdelrahman Mohamed2
1Mohamed Salama, 1Heba G.M. Mahmoud, 2Marwa Nabil, 1Mohamed Hassan
1Hebatallah G.M. Mahmoud, 1Mohamed Salama, 1John Wahib, 2Salem Eid, 1Omaya Nassar
Wael Ahmed Ghanem, Ahmed Bassiouny Radwan
Wael Ghanem
Sherif M. Mokhtar1 , Shady Elghazaly Harb1 , Hossam Hussein2 ,Shady Nabil Mashhour3
Shady Elghazaly Harb, Sherif M. Mokhtar, Sameh Mikhail
Osama G. Fahmy, Osama A. Radwan & Mohamed I. Monier
Ayman El Samadoni, Haitham A. Eldmarany and Amr El Bahaey
Salah M. Raslan MD and Hany M. Elbarbary MD, FRCS, FACS
Ayman El Samadoni1 , Haitham A.Eldmarany2
Hamdy A. Elhady
Hassan A. Abdallah1, Abd-El-Aal A. Saleem1, Osama A. AbdulRaheem1, Mohamed Yousef A2
Maged Rihan, MD, MRCS Mohamed M.Raslan ,MD
Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-Salam Rizk, MD
Sherif Essam Tawfik MD, Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-Salam Rizk MD, Abd elrahman Mohamed MD
Wael A Jumuah, MD; Yasser El Ghamrini, MD; Karim Sabry Abdel Samee, MD, MRCS (Ed)
Ahmed Sayed1,2, Hussein Elwan1 , Mostafa Elshal2, Ahmed Taha1,2
Assessment of Technical Success and Primary Patency of the Central Veins after PTA Alone Or With Stenting To Treat Patients Having Upper Limb Venous Hypertension after Creation of an Arterio-Venous Access
Aim: To assess the primary patency of the central veins of the upper limb after percutaneous transluminal
balloon angioplasty (PTA) with or without stenting, and to determine if there is a difference between early
and late intervention as regard technical success, also to assess the effect of lesion character on technical
success. Patients & Methods: Twenty seven (27) patients having venous hypertension of the upper limb on
regular hemodialysis at Ain Shams University Hospitals dialysis units from January 2014 till July 2014,
were included in the study. Patients underwent balloon dilatation of stenotic or completely occluded
central veins with or without stenting and the primary patency of this procedure was assessed through a
period of a year. Results: The technical success rate was 85.2% (n=23), 1ry stenting was done in 63% (n=17)
of cases. The patency rate in 6 months was 47.8%, and in one year was 37%. Success rate in early cases were
94.4% /n=17, while in late cases were 66.7% /n=6. 1ry stenting was 64.7%/n=11 in early cases while in late
cases it was 100%/n=6. Conclusion: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty alone or with stentning carry a
high technical success rate especially if done in the first 6 months from the occurrence of symptoms.
Key words: Venous hypertension, PTA for central viens, primary stenting of central veins.