Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected aortic dissection

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1733-1737

  Fan, Qing Kun ^a   Wang, Wen Wu ^a   Zhang, Zhen Lu ^a   Liu, Ze Jin ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Zhao, Geng Sheng ^a   Cao, Shu Zheng ^a  

^a WUHAN ASIA HEART HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; aortic dissection; D dimer; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D DIMER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGINA;

EID: 78651440188     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.337     Document Type: Article

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