Correlated expression of D-dimer concentrations with thrombotic burden in acute pulmonary embolism

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Goldin, Yelena ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a   Rogowski, Ori ^a   Paslowski, Oleg ^a   Serov, Jack ^a   Halpern, Pinchas ^a   Cohen, Michael ^a   Deutsch, Varda ^a   Friedmann, Ronit ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a,b   Aviram, Galit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

D dimer; Pulmonary artery obstructive score; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39149095907     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e3282f544db     Document Type: Article

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