Assessment of stenosis in vascular access grafts

Artificial Organs

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 617-622

  Van Tricht, Ilse ^a   De Wachter, Dirk ^a   Vanhercke, Daniel ^b   Tordoir, Jan ^c   Verdonck, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graft; Hemodialysis; In vitro model; Stenosis index

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; HEMODIALYZERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HAEMODIALYSIS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; IN-VITRO MODELS; PRESSURE RATIO; PULSATILES; RESISTANCE INDEX; STENOSE INDEX; STENOSES; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR ACCESS GRAFT;

DIALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEMODIALYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; STENOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 3042850555     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.07368.x     Document Type: Article

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