Meta-analysis of usefulness of D-dimer to diagnose acute aortic dissection

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1227-1234

  Shimony, Avi ^a,b   Filion, Kristian B ^c   Mottillo, Salvatore ^a,d   Dourian, Tara ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953291105     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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