Journal article
D-Dimer in Patients With Clinically Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether measurement of D-dimer, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with a cutoff of 300 ng/ml, and a latex agglutination assay with a cutoff of 500 ng/ml, is clinically useful in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE).
DESIGN: Prospective cohort.
Authors
Ginsberg JS; Brill-Edwards PA; Demers C; Donovan D; Ranju A
Journal
Chest, Vol. 104, No. 6, pp. 1679–1684
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 1993
DOI
10.1378/chest.104.6.1679
ISSN
0012-3692