Age-related diagnostic value of D-dimer testing and the role of inflammation in patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis

Age-related diagnostic value of D-dimer testing and the role of inflammation in patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis

Abstract Previous reports have investigated the impact of age on D-Dimer testing in elderly individuals with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but data on the age-related diagnostic value of D-dimer in a sample covering a broad age range are limited. The present study determined age-specifically...

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Main Authors: Jürgen H. Prochaska, Bernd Frank, Markus Nagler, Heidrun Lamparter, Gerhard Weißer, Andreas Schulz, Lisa Eggebrecht, Sebastian Göbel, Natalie Arnold, Marina Panova-Noeva, Iris Hermanns, Antonio Pinto, Stavros Konstantinides, Hugo ten Cate, Karl J Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Christine Espinola-Klein, Philipp S. Wild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04843-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04843-x

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