Clinical and Doppler ultrasonography data of a polyurethane vascular access graft for haemodialysis: A prospective study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1397-1400

  Wiese, Patrick ^a   Blume, Jochen ^a   Mueller, Hans Joachim ^a   Renner, Hermann ^a   Nonnast Daniel, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Early cannulation; Haemodialysis; Polyurethane graft; Prospective study vascular access

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0038690560     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg168     Document Type: Article

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