How to identify the haemodialysis access at risk of thrombosis? Are flow measurements the answer?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1068-1071

  Blankestijn, Peter J ^a   Smits, Johannes H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0032919570     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.5.1068     Document Type: Editorial

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