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Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,291 Likes: 1 | Paul,
Just curious. Was there any mention of replacing that portion of artery with a graft? My Dad has been on dialysis for a few years now and one vein got pretty well destroyed. After several various things they replaced a section of vein with some sort of artificial material that restores the area to take the dialysis connection.
With all the technology these days, it seems well within reason to be able to replace a section of artery as well. If it was an option, it would be interesting to hear why it was not selected.
don
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