Monitoring dialysis arteriovenous fistulae: It's in our hands

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-215

  Coentrão, Luis ^a   Turmel Rodrigues, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Clinique Saint Gatien   (France)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistulae; Dialysis; Physical examination; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; COEXISTENT VENOUS OUTLET STENOSIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH FLOW FISTULA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE TO SIDE UPPER ARM FISTULA; STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TRAINING; TRANSPOSED BRACHIO BASILIC FISTULA; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84885803161     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000141     Document Type: Review

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