The value of d-dimer in the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Flanagan, Lisa ^a   Bancroft, Rebecca ^a   Rittoo, Dylmitr ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Aortic dissection; D dimer; Dissecting diagnosis serum markers

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; D DIMER;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FLIGHT; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247621349     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.062     Document Type: Article

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