Arteriovenous grafts in the thigh: An excellent hemodialysis vascular access when arm vasculature is exhausted

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 416-418

  Ponikvar, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Arteriovenous graft; Chronic hemodialysis; Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft; Survival; Thigh

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT; CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS; EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE GRAFT; SURVIVAL; THIGH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84881488991     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.12089     Document Type: Article

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