Do distal arteriovenous fistulae improve patency rates of prosthetic infrapopliteal arterial bypasses?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-152

  Syrek, Jennifer R ^a   Calligaro, Keith D ^a,b   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Raviola, Carol A ^a   Rua, Ignacio ^a   DeLaurentis, Dominic A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Section of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; POLITEF; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031906164     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900132     Document Type: Article

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