Arteriovenous access fistulae diminish cardiac reserve, anaerobic threshold and work capacity: A case for fistula closure in stable renal transplant recipients

Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 387-391

  Agar, John W M ^a,b   Jackson, Trevor J ^a   Steinwedel, Jason A ^a   Corke, Charles F ^a   Appelee, Alan F ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Renal Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Arteriovenous fistula; Cardiac output; Renal transplantation; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542528229     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1996.tb00118.x     Document Type: Article

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