D-dimer serum levels in a case of type B aortic dissection. A rapid test for the early diagnosis of acute aortic disease?

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-218

  D'Aloia, Antonio ^a,b   Faggiano, Pompilio ^a   Brentana, Loretta ^a   Dei Cas, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

D dimer; Dissection

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646827640     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000215276.62767.c6     Document Type: Article

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