Access monitoring is worthwhile and valuable

Blood Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-89

  Besarab, Anatole ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; Surveillance monitoring technique; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIALYSIS; FISTULOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASODILATATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 29244439015     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089442     Document Type: Review

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