D-Dimer is an early diagnostic marker of coronary ischemia in patients with chest pain

American Heart Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 379-384

  Bayes Genis, Antoni ^a   Mateo, Jose ^a   Santaló, Miquel ^b   Oliver, Artur ^c   Guindo, Josep ^a   Badimon, Lina ^a   Martínez Rubio, Antoni ^a   Fontcuberta, Jordi ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^d   De Luna, Antoni Bayés ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery ^*

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓ PUIGVERT   (Spain)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033835590     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.108823     Document Type: Article

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