Salvaging prosthetic dialysis fistulas with stents: Forearm versus upper arm grafts

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-723

  Kolakowski Jr , Stephen ^b   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Calligaro, Keith D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FISTULOGRAPHY; FOREARM; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0141919800     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00947-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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