Vascular access in patients treated with chronic hemodialysis for 30 years or more

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-357

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Graft; Hemodialysis; Hemodialysis catheter; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SLOVENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68849132715     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2009.00720.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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