Blood flow measurements during hemodialysis vascular access interventions - Catheter-based thermodilution or Doppler ultrasound?

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Heerwagen, Soren Thorup ^a   Hansen, Marc A ^a   Schroeder, Torben V ^b   Ladefoged, Søren D ^a   Lönn, Lars ^a,b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Arteriovenous shunt; Doppler; Surgical; Thermodilution; Ultrasonography; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMODILUTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84867169722     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000007     Document Type: Article

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