Detection and treatment of dysfunctional hemodialysis access grafts: Effect of a surveillance program on graft patency and the incidence of thrombosis

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-657

  Safa, Afshin A ^a,b   Valji, Karim ^a,b   Roberts, Anne C ^a,b   Ziegler, Thomas W ^b   Hye, Robert J ^a   Oglevie, Steven B ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis, shunts; Grafts, interventional procedure; Grafts, stenosis or thrombosis; Veins, stenosis or obstruction; Veins, transluminal angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029936196     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8637982     Document Type: Article

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