Balloon versus patch angioplasty as an adjuvant treatment to surgical thrombectomy of hemodialysis grafts

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-142

  Bitar, George ^a   Yang, Shuin ^a   Badosa, Francisco ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030809550     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)90072-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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