The role of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay D-dimer in patients with acute coronary syndrome presenting with normal cardiac enzymes

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 621-624

  Shitrit, Ariella Bar Gil ^a   Tzivony, Dan ^a   Shilon, Yuval ^b   Rudensky, Bernard ^a   Sulkes, Jacklin ^c   Gutterer, Natan ^a   Shitrit, David ^c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; D dimer; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; D DIMER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN; HEART ENZYME; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751028856     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbc.0000252594.93067.f8     Document Type: Article

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