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• Intravenous methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta for haemoglobin control in patients with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis: a randomised non-inferiority trial (MAXIMA).

  BACKGROUND: Conventional treatment with epoetin to manage anaemia in chronic kidney disease needs frequent administrations, changes of dose, and close…

  Authors: Nathan W Levin, Steven Fishbane, Francisco Valdés Cañedo, Steven Zeig, George M Nassar, John E Moran, Giuseppe Villa, Ulrich Beyer, Delphine Oguey, MAXIMA study investigators

  Source: Lancet. 2007 Oct 20

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• Salvage of a severely dysfunctional arteriovenous fistula with a strictured and occluded outflow tract.

  Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) created for the purpose of hemodialysis are frequently lost due to various vascular lesions. Endovascular therapies with…

  Authors: Katafan Achkar, George M Nassar

  Source: Seminars in dialysis. 2005 Jul-Aug

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• Endovascular management of the "failing to mature" arteriovenous fistula.

  The "failing to mature" arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is frequently encountered among patients in need of hemodialysis (HD). It is essential that its pr…

  Authors: George M Nassar

  Source: Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology. 2008 Sep

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• What should nephrologists do to maximize the use of arteriovenous fistulas?

  Authors: George M Nassar

  Source: Seminars in dialysis. 2006 May-Jun

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• Endovascular treatment of the "failing to mature" arteriovenous fistula.

  In recent literature, surgically created hemodialysis (HD) arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) have high rates of primary failure. Endovascular treatment hol…

  Authors: George M Nassar, Binh Nguyen, Edward Rhee, Katafan Achkar

  Source: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN. 2006 Mar

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• Infectious complications of old nonfunctioning arteriovenous grafts in renal transplant recipients: a case series.

  Occult infection of old nonfunctioning arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) is frequent among hemodialysis patients. It is a risk factor for bacteremia and ser…

  Authors: George M Nassar, Juan Carlos Ayus

  Source: American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2002 Oct

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• Occult infection of old nonfunctioning arteriovenous grafts: a novel cause of erythropoietin resistance and chronic inflammation in hemodialysis patients.

  BACKGROUND: Occult infection of old nonfunctioning arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) is frequent among hemodialysis patients. It is a recognized cause of ba…

  Authors: George M Nassar, Steven Fishbane, Juan Carlos Ayus

  Source: Kidney international. Supplement. 2002 May

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• Presence of a failed kidney transplant in patients who are on hemodialysis is associated with chronic inflammatory state and erythropoietin resistance.

  Patients returning to hemodialysis (HD) after failure of their kidney transplant suffer from high morbidity and mortality rates. It is common practice…

  Authors: Juan M López-Gómez, Isabel Pérez-Flores, Rosa Jofré, Diana Carretero, Patrocinio Rodríguez-Benitez, Maite Villaverde, Rafael Pérez-García, George M Nassar, Enrique Niembro, Juan Carlos Ayus

  Source: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2004 Sep

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