Treatment of venous outflow stenoses in thigh grafts with Wallstents

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1591-1596

  Funaki, Brian ^a   Szymski, George X ^a   Leef, Jeffrey A ^a   Funaki, Alexandra N ^a   Lorenz, Jonathan ^a   Farrell, Tony ^a   Rosenblum, Jordan D ^a   Schmidt, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENOSIS; STENT; THIGH; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0033007660     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.6.10350295     Document Type: Article

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