A rapid bedside D-dimer assay (cardiac D-dimer) for screening of clinically suspected acute aortic dissection

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-403

  Akutsu, Koichi ^a   Sato, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Takeshi ^a   Morita, Norishige ^a   Takagi, Hiromichi ^a   Fujita, Nobuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Keiji ^a   Takano, Teruo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissection; D dimer; Elevated blood pressure; Rapid bedside assay

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACKACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BACK PAIN; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17044367111     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.397     Document Type: Article

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