In search of an optimal bedside screening program for arteriovenous fistula stenosis

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 819-826

  Tessitore, Nicola ^a   Bedogna, Valeria ^a   Melilli, Edoardo ^a   Millardi, Deborah ^a   Mansueto, Giancarlo ^b   Lipari, Giovanni ^c   Baggio, Elda ^d   Poli, Albino ^c   Lupo, Antonio ^a  

^a Emodialisi Borgo Roma UOC Nefrologia e Dialisi dU   (Italy)

^b USO Radiologia Vascolare e Interventistica UOC Radiologia dU   (Italy)

^c USO Chirurgia Vascolare UOC Chirurgia B dU   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 79955566225     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.06220710     Document Type: Article

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