Validation of QB stress test as a useful tool in the detection of native arteriovenous fistula stenosis: Results after 22 months of follow-up

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1943-1949

  Bonforte, Giuseppe ^a   Pogliani, Daniela ^b   Brenna, Silvia ^a   Martinelli, Daniela ^a   Bernardi, Luca Emilio ^a   D'Amico, Marco ^a   Mangano, Stefano ^a   Rossi, Emanuela ^b   Genovesi, Simonetta ^b   Grillo, Carlo ^a  

^a SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF); Haemodialysis; Stenosis; Vascular access surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953005303     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp725     Document Type: Article

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