Duplex sonography after living donor kidney transplantation: New insights in the early postoperative phase

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Thalhammer, Christoph ^a   Aschwanden, M ^a   Mayr, M ^a   Koller, M ^a   Steiger, J ^a   Jaeger, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Doppler; Duplex; Kidney transplantation; Renal vein; Stenosis; Ultrasonography; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RENAL ARTERY; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33646254651     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926560     Document Type: Article

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