Control Venous Catheter among Patients with Heart Failure in Haemodialysis: A Retrospective Analysis

Abstract

Vascular access for hemodialysis in patient with heart failure is a complex clinical issue, that requires combined technical skills from nephrological and cardiological field for its full understanding. In these patients, in fact a native proximal vascular access can elicite a long series of effects on cardiac function, potentially degrading performance and patient outcomes. In such patients is therefore possible that the placement of a central venous catheter represents a solution less problematic. This article presents a monocentric experience and some clinical examples, useful to investigate this peculiar condition.