Evaluation of 4-mm to 7-mm versus 6-mm prosthetic brachial-antecubital forearm loop access for hemodialysis: Results of a randomized multicenter clinical trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Dammers, Ruben ^a   Planken, R Nils ^a   Pouls, Katrien P M ^a   Van Det, Rob J ^b   Burger, Hens ^c   Van der Sande, Frank M ^a   Tordoir, Jan H M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENOSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYSTOLE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0037286091     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.25     Document Type: Article

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