Treatment of hemodialysis graft pseudoaneurysms with stent grafts: Institutional experience and review of the literature

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Pandolfe, Lauren R ^a   Malamis, Angelo P ^b,c   Pierce, Kenneth ^b   Borge, Marc A ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous grafts; Hemodialysis pseudoaneurysm; Stent graft repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149149507     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1222451     Document Type: Article

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