Extrinsic Compression of the Left Innominate Vein in Hemodialysis Patients

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Itkin, Maxim ^a   Kraus, Michael J ^b   Trerotola, Scott O ^a  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOPLASTY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN COMPRESSION; CENTRAL VENOUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FISTULOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STENOSIS; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 1642536356     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000106393.63463.DE     Document Type: Article

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