Dialysis Vascular Access Management by Interventional Nephrology Programs at University Medical Centers in the United States

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 564-569

  Vachharajani, Tushar J ^a   Moossavi, Shahriar ^a   Salman, Loay ^b   Wu, Steven ^c   Dwyer, Amy C ^d   Ross, Jamie ^e   Dukkipati, Ramanath ^f   Maya, Ivan D ^g   Yevzlin, Alexander S ^h   Agarwal, Anil ⁱ   Abreo, Kenneth D ^j   Work, Jack ^k   Asif, Arif ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054714313     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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