Upper arm arteriovenous fistula versus forearm looped arteriovenous graft for hemodialysis access: A comparative analysis

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 843-850

  Fitzgerald, Jason T ^a,b   Schanzer, Andres ^a   McVicar, John P ^a   Chin, Andrew I ^a   Perez, Richard V ^a   Troppmann, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Transplantation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644437553     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-7419-y     Document Type: Article

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