Indications for stent placement in a dialysis access.

NKF-K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Access, Guideline 6, Treatment of Arteriovenous Graft Complications, limit the number of potential indications for stent deployment that may extend the life of the dialysis access (1). The guidelines include recommendations for the treatment of dialysis access stenosis, central vein stenosis, pseudoaneurysms and for angioplasty-associated vascular rupture that cannot be successfully treated by PTA. However, stenting may need to be considered in certain settings falling outside these guidelines.