Monitoring interposition graft venous pressures at higher blood-flow rates improves sensitivity in predicting graft failure

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-217

  Agarwal, R ^a   Davis, J L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioaccess; Hemodialysis; Monitoring; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; VEIN GRAFT; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0032815304     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(99)70345-8     Document Type: Article

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