What's new in the biochemical diagnosis of acute aortic dissection: Problems and perspectives

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a   Akinosoglou, Karolina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Biochemical diagnosis; D dimers soluble elastin fragments; Myocin heavy chains

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; D DIMER; ELASTIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ELASTIN; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548400797     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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