Remission of heart failure through endoluminal repair of femoral arteriovenous fistula with the use of a covered stent

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 242-244

  Portela, Antenor ^a,b   Bastos, Raldir ^a   Pessoa, Benjamim ^a   Duarte, Renata ^a   Medeiros, Marcos ^a   Paiva, Jayro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REMISSION; STENT;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; REMISSION INDUCTION; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 85046908780     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001000300007     Document Type: Article

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