Gender differences in outcomes of arteriovenous fistulas in hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 346-352

  Miller, Christopher D ^a   Robbin, Michelle L ^a   Allon, Michael ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Cannulation; Dialysis blood flow; Preoperative vascular mapping; Stenosis; Vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037213759     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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