Preoperative ultrasonographic mapping of blood vessels before arteriovenous fistula construction in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Peršič, Vanja ^a   Ponikvar, Rafael ^a   Buturović Ponikvar, Jadranka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Diabetes; Hemodialysis; Preoperative mapping; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 68849101342     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2009.00735.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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