Characterizing flow distributions in AV fistulae for haemodialysis access

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3108-3110

  Sivanesan, Sharmila ^a   How, Thien V ^a   Bakran, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Blood flow; Duplex ultrasound; Flow distribution; Haemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0031726489     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.12.3108     Document Type: Article

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