Risk of Hemodialysis Graft Thrombosis: Analysis of Monthly Flow Surveillance

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 930-938

  Ram, Sunanda J ^a   Nassar, Raja ^b   Work, Jack ^c   Abreo, Kenneth ^a   Dossabhoy, Neville R ^a   Paulson, William D ^d  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access blood flow; access surveillance; arteriovenous graft; hemodialysis; hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT PERFUSION; HEMODIALYSIS GRAFT THROMBOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 54349091864     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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