Increasing the proportion of autologous arteriovenous fistulas does not diminish fistula patency

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-54

  Ruddy, Jean Marie ^a   Brothers, Thomas E ^a   Robison, Jacob G ^a   Elliott, Bruce M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

arteriovenous fistula; maturation; vein mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BASAL VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISTULA PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE OUTCOMES AND QUALITY INITIATIVE GUIDELINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 78650832685     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574410388310     Document Type: Article

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