Comparison of the AngioJet rheolytic catheter to surgical thrombectomy for the treatment of thrombosed hemodialysis grafts

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1195-1205

  Vesely, Thomas M ^a   Williams, David ^b   Weiss, Mark ^c   Hicks, Marshall ^d   Stainken, Brian ^e   Matalon, Terence ^f   Dolmatch, Bart ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis, shunt; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis, mechanical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032882444     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70220-4     Document Type: Article

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