D-dimers are not always elevated in patients with acute aortic dissection

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Paparella, Domenico ^a   Malvindi, Pietro Giorgio ^a   Scrascia, Giuseppe ^a   De Ceglia, Dario ^a   Rotunno, Crescenzia ^a   Tunzi, Francesco ^a   Cicala, Cinzia ^a   De Luca Tupputi Schinosa, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; D dimers; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA ANEURYSM; BLOOD; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPREGULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 65549144343     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831c849e     Document Type: Article

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