Vascular Complications in Renal Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience in 1367 Renal Transplantations and Review of the Literature

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1609-1614

  Dimitroulis, D ^a   Bokos, J ^b   Zavos, G ^b   Nikiteas, N ^a   Karidis, N P ^a   Katsaronis, P ^a   Kostakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; CADAVER; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RENAL VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE DONORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67249152405     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.02.077     Document Type: Article

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