Obesity and Hemodialysis Vascular Access Failure

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-454

  Plumb, Troy J ^a   Adelson, Anthony B ^a   Groggel, Gerald C ^a   Johanning, Jason M ^a   Lynch, Thomas G ^a   Lund, Bryce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; hemodialysis; hemodialysis access; obesity; vascular access; venography

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CEPHALIC VEIN; COMPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; OBESITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 34548038178     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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