#RCTs in the #VascularAccess field are uncommon

in 2020 we discussed drug coated balloons http://www.nephjc.com/news/drugcoatedballoon on #NephJC

Now there is this large RCT https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(23)00182-5/fulltext

- industry funded
- expensive stents
- effect on AVF patency (left) much less impressive than target lesion patency (right)