Arteriovenous fistula and graft evaluation in hemodialysis patients using MDCT: A primer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 838-847

  Chen, Min Chi ^a,b   Tsai, Wei Lin ^a,c   Tsai, I Chen ^a,c   Chan, Si Wa ^a,d   Liao, Wan Chun ^a,b   Lin, Pao Chun ^a   Yang, Su Jing ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; CT; Hemodialysis; Stenosis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; EQUIPMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTIMA; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; KIDNEY GRAFT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749252417     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3357     Document Type: Article

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