Aortic dissection-in pursuit of a serum marker

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 942-945

  Mir, M Ayaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; ELASTIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEASES; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52949138748     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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