Vascular ultrasound for the pre-operative evaluation prior to arteriovenous fistula formation for haemodialysis: Review of the evidence

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1809-1815

  Ferring, Martin ^a   Henderson, John ^a   Wilmink, Antonius ^a   Smith, Steve ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Chronic kidney disease; Physical examination; Pre operative evaluation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MORPHOLOGY; PALPATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN DIAMETER; WAVEFORM;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 44449169398     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn001     Document Type: Review

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