Safety and efficacy of electrospun polycarbonate-urethane vascular graft for early hemodialysis access: First clinical results in man

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Wijeyaratne, Serosha M ^a   Kannangara, Lushanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Early vascular access; Electrospun; Hemodialysis; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE; URETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 79953721200     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JVA.2011.6278     Document Type: Article

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