Normal D-dimer levels in emergency department patients suspected of acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1475-1478

  Dunn, Kelly L ^a   Wolf, Jonathan P ^a   Dorfman, David M ^b   Fitzpatrick, Patricia ^b   Baker, James L ^c   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology and Hematology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; D DIMER; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037120965     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02172-1     Document Type: Article

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