Thrombosed dialysis access grafts: Randomized comparison of the Amplatz thrombectomy device and surgical thromboembolectomy

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2009-2014

  Uflacker, Renan ^a   Rajagopalan, P R ^a   Selby, J Bayne ^a   Hannegan, Christopher ^a   Steenson, Carol C ^b   Gray, Richard J ^c   Fueredi, George A ^d   Hickman, Michael P ^e   Smith, Robert ^f   Kamin, Paul ^g   Dryjski, Mac ^h   Bettman, Michael ⁱ  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

^e St Joseph's Mercy Health Center Hot Springs   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Los Alamitos Medical Center   (United States)

^h Diabetes Center Millard Filmore Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis shunts; Grafts, interventional procedures; Mechanical thrombectomy; Surgical declot

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BALLOON DILATATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 8344247725     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2422-1     Document Type: Article

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