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ArticleUltrasonography (Seoul, Korea)2023

Multiparametric ultrasound for upper extremity dialysis access evaluation.

Vasileios Michas, Mehdi Taghipour, Angeliki Papachristodoulou, Maria Sidiropoulou, Sasan Partovi, Demosthenes Cokkinos, Vasileios Rafailidis, Sameer Gadani, Amanjit Gill, Hans Michell and 1 more

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Article in Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory Evaluation of the Upper Extremity.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vasileios MichasDepartment of Radiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mehdi TaghipourInterventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Angeliki PapachristodoulouDepartment of Radiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Maria SidiropoulouDepartment of Radiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sasan PartoviInterventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Demosthenes CokkinosUltrasound Department, Lefkos Stavros - The Athens Clinic, Athens, Greece.
Vasileios RafailidisDepartment of Radiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Sameer GadaniInterventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Amanjit GillInterventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Hans MichellInterventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Panos PrassopoulosDepartment of Radiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
AHEPA University Hospital · GRCleveland Clinic · USStavros Niarchos Foundation · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of ultrasound (US) techniques has greatly improved the evaluation of many parameters in dialysis vascular access, which is typically achieved through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG). These techniques include grayscale B-mode, color Doppler, power Doppler, spectral Doppler, non-Doppler US flow imaging techniques, contrast-enhanced US, and elastography. In conjunction with a patient's medical history and physical examination, US provides crucial information about the native vascular bed prior to the surgical creation of an arteriovenous anastomosis. It also tracks the maturation progress of the newly created AVF or AVG and aids in diagnosing potential complications of the vascular access. These complications include thrombosis, steal syndrome, aneurysms, pseudoaneurysms, hematomas, infection, ischemic neuropathy, exacerbation of preexisting congestive heart failure, and stenosis.

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AneurysmDoppler duplex ultrasonographyPseudoaneurysmRenal dialysisSurgical arteriovenous shunt

Identifiers

PMID37723649
PMCPMC10555685
OpenAlexW4384067981

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