Value of plasma fibrin D-dimers for detection of acute aortic dissection

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 804-809

  Eggebrecht, Holger ^a,e   Naber, Christoph K ^a   Bruch, Christian ^c   Krger, Knut ^a   Von Birgelen, Clemens ^d   Schmermund, Axel ^a   Wichert, Marc ^b   Bartel, Thomas ^a   Mann, Klaus ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 4143149650     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.04.053     Document Type: Article

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