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AV Shunts

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In this book, AV shunt is used for a prosthetic graft access. Pathophysiology, hemodynamics, recommendations and detailed practical hints for shunt surgery as well as different anastomotic variants and sites for looped and straight grafts, facing anatomical variations, and the management of complications are described here.

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Scholz, H. (2015). AV Shunts. In: Arteriovenous Access Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41139-7_4

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