n. a technique to open up a narrowed arteriovenous *fistula by surgery or by inserting an angioplasty *balloon into the narrowed area and stretching it open. See declotting.
n. the removal of a blood clot from a thrombosed arteriovenous *fistula (which is created to perform dialysis). This can be done either by surgically opening the fistula and removing the clot or by using interventional radiological techniques (see fistuloplasty).... declotting
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