Improvements in dialysis access survival with increasing use of arteriovenous fistulas in a Veterans Administration medical center

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 614-616

  Kizilisik, A Tarik ^a   Kim, Saung B ^a   Nylander, William A ^a   Shaffer, David ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Dialysis access; Prosthetic graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544257024     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.07.023     Document Type: Article

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