Distensibility of Forearm Veins in Haemodialysis Patients on Duplex Ultrasound Testing Using Three Provocation Methods

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-380

  Korten, E ^a   Spronk, S ^b   Hoedt, M T C ^a   de Jong, G M T ^a   Tutein Nolthenius, R P ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistulae; Duplex ultrasound; Internal venous diameter; Venous distensibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASODILATION;

EID: 68249093027     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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