Colour duplex ultrasound accurately identifies focal stenoses in dysfunctional autogenous arteriovenous fistulae

Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-306

  Chandra, Abhilash P ^a   Dimascio, Delfino ^a   Gruenewald, Simon ^a   Nankivell, Brian ^a   Allen, Richard D M ^b   Swinnen, Jan ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterio venous fistula graft; Haemodialysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FISTULOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77950480102     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2009.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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