Uses of different D-dimer levels can reduce the need for venous duplex scanning to rule out deep vein thrombosis in patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 526-532

  Yamaki, Takashi ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a   Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Masaki ^a   Soejima, Kazutaka ^a   Kono, Taro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34548383786     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Sandler D.A., and Martin J.F. Autopsy proven pulmonary embolism in hospital patients: are we detecting enough deep vein thrombosis?. J R Soc Med 82 (1989) 203-205
2. Wells P.S., Anderson D.R., Bormanis J., Guy F., Mitchell M., Gray L., et al. Values of assessment of pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis in clinical management. Lancet 350 (1997) 1795-1798
3. Kelly R., Rudd A., Lewis R.R., and Hunt B.J. Plasma D-dimers in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. Arch Intern Med 162 (2002) 747-756
4. Lennox A.F., Delis K.T., Serunkuma S., Zarka Z.A., Daskalopoulou S.E., and Nicolaides A.N. Combination of a clinical risk assessment score and rapid whole blood D-dimer testing in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic patients. J Vasc Surg 30 (1999) 794-804
5. Anderson D.R., Wells P.S., Stiell I., MacLeod P., Simms M., Gray L., et al. Management of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis in the emergency department: combining use of a clinical diagnosis model with D-dimer testing. J Emerg Med 19 (2000) 225-230
6. Dryjski M., O'Brien-Irr M.S., Harris L.M., Hassett J., and Janicke D. Evaluation of a screen protocol to exclude the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis among emergency department department patients. J Vasc Surg 34 (2001) 1010-1015
7. Bernardi E., Prandoni P., Lensing A.W.A., Agnelli G., Guazzaloca G., Scannapieco G., et al. D-dimer testing as an adjunct to ultrasonography in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis. BMJ 317 (1998) 1037-1040
8. Yamaki T., Nozaki M., Sakurai H., Takeuchi M., Soejima K., and Kono T. Prospective evaluation of a screening protocol to exclude the deep vein thrombosis on the basis of a combination of quantitative D-dimer testing and pretest clinical probability score. J Am Coll Surg 201 (2005) 701-709
9. Perrier A., Nendaz M.R., Sarasin F.P., Howarth N., and Bounameaux H. Cost-effectiveness analysis of diagnostic strategies for suspected pulmonary embolism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167 (2003) 39-44
10. Kruip M.J., Leclercq M.G., van der Heul C., Prins M.H., and Buller H.R. Diagnostic strategy for excluding pulmonary embolism in clinical outcome studies. A systemic review. Ann Intern Med 138 (2003) 941-951
11. Brown M.D., Rowe B.H., Reeves M.J., Bermingham J.M., and Goldbaber S.Z. The accuracy of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay D-dimer test in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med 40 (2002) 133-144
12. Bosson J.L., Barro C., Satger B., Carpentier P.H., Polack B., and Pernod G. Quantitative high D-dimer value is predictive of pulmonary embolism occurrence independently of clinical score in a well-defined low risk factor population. J Thromb Haemost 3 (2005) 93-99
13. Schutgens R.E., Ackermark P., Haas F.J., Nieuwenhuis H.K., Peltenburg H.G., Pijlman A.H., et al. Combination of a normal D-dimer concentration and a non-high pretest clinical probability score is a safe strategy to exclude deep venous thrombosis. Circulation 107 (2003) 593-597
14. Schutgens R.E., Haas F.J., Gerritsen W.B., van der Horst F., Nieuwenhuis H.K., and Biesma D.H. The usefulness of five D-dimer assays in the exclusion of deep venous thrombosis. J Thromb Haemost 1 (2003) 976-981
15. Wells P.S., Anderson D.R., Rodger M., Stiell I., Dreyer J.F., Barnes D., et al. Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and D-dimer. Ann Intern Med 135 (2001) 98-107
16. Wells P.S., Brill-Edwards P., Stevens P., Panju A., Patel A., Douketis A., et al. A novel and rapid whole-blood assay for D-dimer in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis. Circulation 91 (1995) 2184-2187
17. Wells P.S., Anderson D.R., Rodger M., Forgie M., Kearon C., Dreyer J., et al. Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected deep-vein thrombosis. N Engl J Med 349 (2003) 1227-1235
18. Di Nisio M., Rutjes A.W.S., and Büller R. Combined use of clinical pretest probability and D-dimer test in cancer patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis. J Thromb Haemost 4 (2006) 52-57
19. Linkins L.-A., Bates S.M., Ginsberg J.S., and Kearon C. Use of different D-dimer level to exclude venous thromboembolism depending on clinical pretest. J Thromb Haemost 2 (2004) 1256-1260
20. Miller N., Satin R., Tousignant L., and Sheiner N.M. A prospective study comparing duplex scan and venography for diagnosis of lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis. Cardiovasc Surg 4 (1996) 505-508
21. Bounameaux H., Cirafici P., DeMoerloose P., Schneider P.A., Slosman D., Reber G., et al. Measurement of D-dimer in plasma as diagnostic aid in suspected pulmonary embolism. Lancet 337 (1991) 196-200
22. Perrier A., Desmarais S., Goehring C., DeMoerloose P., Morabia A., Unger P.F., et al. D-dimer testing for suspected pulmonary embolism in outpatients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 156 (1997) 492-496
23. Kucher N., Kohler H.P., Dornhöfer T., Wallmann D., and Lämmle B. Accuracy of D-dimer/fibrinogen ratio to predict pulmonary embolism: a prospective diagnostic study. J Thromb Haemost 1 (2003) 708-713
24. Brotman D.J., Segal J.B., Jani J.T., Petty B.G., and Kickler T.S. Limitations of D-dimer testing in unselected inpatients with suspected venous thromboembolism. Am J Med 114 (2003) 276-282
25. Barro C., Bosson J.L., Pernod G., Carpentier P.H., and Polack B. Plasma D-dimer testing improves the management of thromboemboloc disease in hospitalised patients. Thromb Res 9 (1999) 263-269
26. Giachino A. Relationship between deep-vein thrombosis in the calf and fatal pulmonary embolism. Can J Surg 31 (1988) 129-130
27. Philbrick J.T., and Becker D.M. Calf vein thrombosis: a wolf in sheep's clothing?. Arch Intern Med 148 (1988) 2131-2138
28. Gottlieb R.H., Widjaja J., Mehra S., and Robinette W.B. Clinically important pulmonary emboli: does calf vein US alter outcome?. Radiology 211 (1999) 25-29
29. Girard P., Sanchez O., Leroyer C., Musset D., Meyer G., Stern J.B., Parent F., and Evaluation du Scanner Spiralé dans l'Embolie Pulmonaire Study Group. Deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: prevalence, risk factors, and clinical significance. Chest 128 (2005) 1593-1600
30. Yamaki T., Nozaki M., Sakurai H., Takeuchi M., Soejima K., and Kono T. The utility of calf muscle Near-infrared spectroscopy in the follow-up of acute deep vein thrombosis. J Thromb Haemost 4 (2006) 800-806
31. Yamaki T., Nozaki M., Sakurai H., Takeuchi M., Kono T., and Soejima K. High peak reflux velocity in the proximal deep veins is a strong predictor of advanced postthrombotic sequelae. J Thromb Haemost 5 (2007) 305-312