Arteriovenous fistula after renal transplantation: Utility, futility or threat?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-257

  Unger, Philippe ^a   Wissing, Karl Martin ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistulas; Left ventricular morphology; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARM EDEMA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 31544482740     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi276     Document Type: Editorial

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