Disturbed flow in radial-cephalic arteriovenous fistulae for haemodialysis: Low and oscillating shear stress locates the sites of stenosis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 358-368

  Ene Iordache, Bogdan ^a   Remuzzi, Andrea ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

arteriovenous fistula; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); intimal hyperplasia; vascular access; wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; OSCILLATING SHEAR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL CEPHALIC ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84856632883     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr342     Document Type: Article

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