The Utility of Plasma D-dimer to Identify Thromboembolic Disease in Dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 830-834

  Nelson, O Lynne ^a   Andreasen, Claire ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Fibrinogen degradation products; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD LEVEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOG; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0348169568     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0830:TUOPDT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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