The Wells rule and D-dimer for the diagnosis of isolated distal deep vein thrombosis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2264-2269

  Sartori, M ^a   Cosmi, B ^a   Legnani, C ^a   Favaretto, E ^a   Valdre L ^a   Guazzaloca, G ^a   Rodorigo, G ^a   Cini, M ^a   Palareti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calf thrombosis; Compression ultrasonography; D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Diagnosis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Wells score

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; D DIMER TESTING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATED DISTAL DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; LEG THROMBOSIS; LOWER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WELLS RULE;

CALF THROMBOSIS; COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; D-DIMER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; WELLS SCORE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84868098940     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04895.x     Document Type: Article

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