A comparison of patch angioplasty and stenting for axillary venous stenoses of thrombosed hemodialysis grafts

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-229

  Lombardi, Joseph V ^a   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Veitia, Nestor ^a   Somal, Jack ^a   Calligaro, Keith D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AXILLARY VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; STENT; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; AXILLA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036588580     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440203600311     Document Type: Article

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