Optimal timing for secondary arteriovenous fistula creation: Devastating effects of delaying conversion

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-428

  Asif, Arif ^a   Leon, Carlos ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Ellis, Renee ^a   Bhimani, Bhagwan ^a   Penneil, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REOPERATION; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33748689302     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2006.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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