An investigation into factors predicting patency and maturation of arteriovenous fistulae used for haemodialysis in endstage renal disease
Arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) are the preferred access for haemodialysis in endstage renal disease, but have a considerable failure rate. In this thesis we investigated factors which may affect patency and maturation of new AVF: (1) ethnicity, (2) native vein histology, (3) pre-operative vascular map...
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University of Birmingham
2013
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573555 |