Antiplatelet agents maintain arteriovenous fistula and graft function in patients receiving hemodialysis: A nationwide case-control study.

BACKGROUND:In this study, we evaluated the effects of various medications on the patency of vascular access (VA) for hemodialysis. METHODS:We analyzed data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database of Taiwan. We adopted a case-control study design within a cohort of patients who had received r...

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Main Authors: Yung-Ho Hsu, Yu-Chun Yen, Yi-Chun Lin, Li-Chin Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6193726?pdf=render