Determinants of plasma fibrin D-dimer sensitivity for acute pulmonary embolism as defined by pulmonary angiography

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Heit, John A ^a,c,e   Minor, Thomas A ^b   Andrews, James C ^d   Larson, Dirk R ^e   Li, Hongzhe ^e   Nichols, William L ^c  

^a Section of Vascular Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Thoracic Diseases

^c Section of Hematology Research   (United States)

^d Department of Radiology ^*

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033054249     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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