Effect of anastomosis angle on the localization of disturbed flow in 'side-to-end' fistulae for haemodialysis access

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 997-1005

  Ene Iordache, Bogdan ^a   Cattaneo, Luca ^b   Dubini, Gabriele ^b   Remuzzi, Andrea ^a,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

anastomosis angle; arteriovenous fistula; computational fluid dynamics; intimal hyperplasia; stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS ANGLE; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FLOW KINETICS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMODIALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL CEPHALIC ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; RELATIVE RESIDENCE TIME; SIMULATION; WALL STRESS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84875976811     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs298     Document Type: Article

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