Percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy for thrombosed autogenous fistulae and prosthetic arteriovenous grafts: Outcome after aggressive surveillance and endovascular management

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-102

  Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Haddad, Georges K ^a   Haddad, Joseph ^a   Scully, Martha M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autogenous fistula; Balloon angioplasty; Hemodialysis access; Monitoring; Prosthetic arteriovenous graft; Stent; Surveillance; Thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CENTRAL VEIN; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; STENTS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 39149126377     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/07-2239.1     Document Type: Article

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