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ARCH is an EU FP7 funded project on patient-specific image-based computational modelling for improvement of short- and long-term outcome of vascular access in patients on hemodialysis therapy.
More than half a million people in Europe suffer from such severe chronic kidney disease that their blood needs to be regularly purified by hemodialysis. The Achilles heel of hemodialysis is the vascular access used to connect the patient's blood circulation to the artifical kidney. Current recommendation is to surgically create an arteriovenous fistula in the arm. However, dysfunction (too low or high blood flow) and complications (ischemic hand, heart failure) occur frequently. The ARCH project is aimed at the development of model-based patient-specific computer models to simulate changes in blood flow distribution due to fistula creation. The modelling tools will be used for surgical planning and management of arteriovenous fistulas.
Following the links at the top of this page more information on the ARCH project can be found from a patient, medical, scientific and industry perspective.
Following the links at the top of this page more information on the ARCH project can be found from a patient, medical, scientific and industry perspective.
This research project is funded by the European Commission by the
Seventh framework programme(FP7-ICT-2007-2) under grant agreement nr. 224390
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/health/research/fp7vph/index_en.htm
