Dialysis needle hemodynamics in arterio-venous fistulae: A technical report

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-159

  Tuka, Vladimir ^a   Wijnen, Edwin ^b   van de Sande, Frank M ^b   Tordoir, Jan H M ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dialysis needles; Doppler ultrasonography; Hemodynamics; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS NEEDLE HEMODYNAMICS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; TURBULENT FLOW; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIAL ARTERY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; RADIAL ARTERY; RENAL DIALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 70350732704     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112972980901000304     Document Type: Article

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