Biomarker-assisted diagnosis of acute aortic dissection: How far we have come and what to expect

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-545

  Suzuki, Toru ^a   Distante, Alessandro ^b   Eagle, Kim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic dissection; biomarker; diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALPONIN; CREATINE KINASE BB; D DIMER; ELASTIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALGORITHM; AORTA DISSECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; ELASTIN; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 77958555927     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833e6e13     Document Type: Review

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