The relationship between arteriovenous fistula blood flow rate and pulmonary artery pressure in hemodialysis patients

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 509-513

  Acarturk, Gursel ^a   Albayrak, Ramazan ^a   Melek, Mehmet ^a   Yuksel, Seref ^a   Uslan, Ihsan ^a   Atli, Huseyin ^a   Colbay, Mehmet ^a   Unlu, Mehmet ^a   Fidan, Fatma ^a   Asci, Zerrin ^b   Cander, Soner ^b   Karaman, Ozcan ^a   Acar, Murat ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kocatepe State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Blood flow rate; Hemodialysis; Pulmonary artery pressure; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 52649085215     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9269-8     Document Type: Article

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