D-dimer at venous thrombosis diagnosis is associated with risk of recurrence

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 917-924

  Bjori E ^a   Johnsen, H S ^a   Hansen, J B ^a,b   Braekkan S K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

D dimer; epidemiology; prediction; recurrence; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BLOOD; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85013860758     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.13648     Document Type: Article

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