Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 5-10 , January 2008

Can the National Kidney Foundation Guidelines for First-Time Arteriovenous Fistula Creation Be Met in Underserved End-Stage Renal Disease Patients?

  • Arezou Yaghoubian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • ,
  • Roger J. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • ,
  • Christian de Virgilio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Christian de Virgilio, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson Street, Box 25, Bldg 1-E, Torrance, CA 90509, USA

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 Presented at the 2006 Southern California Vascular Surgery Society Meeting, Temecula, California, May 2006.

PII: S0890-5096(07)00359-7

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.10.004

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 5-10 , January 2008

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