Elevated D-dimer levels predict an adverse outcome in hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-44

  Minami, Yuichiro ^a   Haruki, Shintaro ^a   Jujo, Kentaro ^a   Itani, Ryosuke ^a   Shimazaki, Kensuke ^a   Arashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Watanabe, Erisa ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Coagulation; D dimer; Prognosis; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUDEN INDEX; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955292443     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.156     Document Type: Article

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