The rise and fall of access blood flow surveillance in arteriovenous fistulas

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-118

  Tessitore, Nicola ^a   Bedogna, Valeria ^a   Verlato, Giuseppe ^b   Poli, Albino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; BLOOD FLOW; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84895158632     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12187     Document Type: Article

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