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Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Charles B. Anderson, MD; Jack R. Codd, MD; Ralph A. Graff, MD; M. Ann Groce, MD; Herschel R. Harter, MD; William T. Newton, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1976;136(3):292-297.

Abstract
Nine patients with high-output cardiac failure from arteriovenous forearm dialysis fistulas are reviewed, and six new cases are presented. Decreases in cardiac output with temporary fistula occlusion ranged from 0.3 to 11.0 liters/min (mean, 2.9 liters/min); fistula flow rates varied from 0.6 to 2.9 liters/min (mean, 1.5 liters/min). Surgical correction of high-flow fistulas resulted in notable improvement of cardiac failure in 13 of 14 patients. Although cardiac failure in individuals who are receiving long-term dialysis treatment is usually caused by intrinsic cardiac disease, volume overload, or anemia, forearm fistulas with large flow rates may be an important contributing factor. Correction of these large flow rates by banding or closure can substantially improve cardiac function in selected patients.

(Arch Intern Med 136:292-297, 1976)

Author Affiliations
From the departments of surgery and medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine and Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis.

Footnotes
Received for publication July 18, 1975; accepted Sept 29.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 4960 Audubon Ave, St Louis, MO 63110 (Dr Anderson).

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