Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Letter to the Editor

Maintaining functionality by graft interposition in a Brescia-Cimino arteriovenous fistula resembling an ulnar-basilic fistula

Spyros Papadoulas
1
,
Vasileios Leivaditis
2
,
Andreas Tsimpoukis
1
,
Melina Stathopoulou
1, 3
,
Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos
1
,
Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou
1
,
Konstantinos Tasios
4
,
Elias Liolis
5
,
Andreas Antzoulas
3
,
Dimitrios Litsas
6
,
Panagiotis Dimitrios Papadopoulos
7
,
George Theofanis
3
,
Paraskevi Katsakiori
3
,
Marios Papasotiriou
8
,
Panagiotis Kitrou
9
,
Francesk Mulita
3

  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  2. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  3. Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  4. John Radcliffe Hospital Emergency Department, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
  5. Department of Oncology, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  6. Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Lamia, Greece
  7. Department of Surgery, Spital Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
  8. Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
  9. Department of Interventional Radiology, General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 299-301
Online publish date: 2025/12/30
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