Journal article
Clinical utility of a rapid whole-blood D-dimer assay in patients with cancer who present with suspected acute deep venous thrombosis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although D-dimer assays have high negative predictive values for the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis, their accuracy in patients with cancer is uncertain.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical utility of a whole-blood D-dimer assay for the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis in patients with and those without cancer.
Authors
Lee AYY; Julian JA; Levine MN; Weitz JI; Kearon C; Wells PS; Ginsberg JS
Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 131, No. 6, pp. 417–423
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
September 21, 1999
DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00004
ISSN
1056-8751