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Study Compares Surgical AVF Creation and a New Endovascular Approach

September 20, 2016—Charmaine E. Lok, MD, presented findings from a study comparing postcreation interventions between patients undergoing surgical arteriovenous fistula (SAVF) creation and a new endovascular AVF creation during the second Late-Breaking Trials session at VIVA 16, the 14th annual Vascular InterVentional Advances meeting, which is sponsored by VIVA Physicians, Inc. and held September 18–22, 2016 at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.

NEAT Evaluates TVA Medical's everlinQ System for Creating Endovascular Arteriovenous Fistula

November 3, 2015—Charmaine E. Lok, MD, presented preliminary results from the Novel Endovascular Access Trial (NEAT) during the second of two Late-Breaking Trials sessions at VIVA 15, the 13th annual Vascular InterVentional Advances meeting. The meeting, which is sponsored by VIVA Physicians, Inc., is being held November 2–5, 2015, at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The session moderators are Michael R. Jaff, DO, and Krishna Rocha-Singh, MD.

Twelve-Month NEAT Results Published for TVA Medical's everlinQ endoAVF System

June 15, 2017—TVA Medical, Inc. announced that 12-month results from the Novel Endovascular Access Trial (NEAT) were published online by Charmaine E. Lok, MD, et al in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Primary Endpoint Data From NEAT Presented for TVA's everlinQ endoAVF System

January 28, 2016—TVA Medical, Inc. announced that primary endpoint data from the Novel Endovascular Access Trial (NEAT) evaluating the company’s everlinQ endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) system were presented by Charmaine E. Lok, MD, at LINC 2016, the Leipzig Interventional Course held January 26–29 in Leipzig, Germany. A live case demonstrating the use of the everlinQ endoAVF system was conducted at LINC by Arne Schwindt, MD, vascular surgeon at St. Franziskus Hospital in Muenster, Germany.

Comprehensive Guideline for Vascular Access in Dialysis Patients Published by Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI)

March 13, 2020—The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced the publication of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) vascular access guideline.