Pragmatic classification of the causes of high D-dimer

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1016.e5-1016.e7

  Koracevic, Goran Pante ^a  

^a University Clinical Centre   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EUROPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70349402180     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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