Does a plain X-ray of the pelvis predict arterial complications in renal transplantation? A prospective study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2007-2012

  Aalten, Jeroen ^a   Dekker, Helena M ^a   Van Der Vliet, J A Daan ^a   Hoitsma, Andries J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

pelvic X ray; predictive value; renal transplantation; vascular calcifications; vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; X RAY;

CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASES; X-RAYS;

EID: 79958079481     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq705     Document Type: Article

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