Accuracy of ultrasound in the detection of inflow stenosis of arteriovenous fistulae: Results of a prospective study

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Salman, Loay ^a   Ladino, Marco ^a   Alex, Manju ^a   Dhamija, Rajiv ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Lenz, Oliver ^a   Contreras, Gabriel ^a   Asif, Arif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 77950276915     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2009.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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