Early experience with a newly developed electrospun polycarbonate-urethane vascular graft for hemodialysis access

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-256

  Ferraresso, Mariano ^a,c   Bertoli, Silvio ^b   Nobili, Paolo ^a   Bortolani, Ettore Maria ^a,c  

^a San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early vascular access; Electrospun; Hemodialysis; Polyurethane graft

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; HEPARIN; POLYETHERURETHAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RENAL DIALYSIS; REOPERATION; THIGH; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; URETHANE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84885731270     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000128     Document Type: Article

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