Evolving roles of radiologists, nephrologists, and surgeons in endovascular hemodialysis access maintenance procedures

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 937-942

  Duszak Jr , Richard ^a,b   Parker, Laurence ^c   Levin, David C ^c,d   Rao, Vijay M ^c  

^a Mid South Imaging and Therapeutics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis access interventions; Endovascular therapy; Interventional nephrology; Medical economics; Radiology and radiologists; Socioeconomic trends; Surgery and surgeons; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SURGEON; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84928096195     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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