Validity of using serum D-dimer titer in prefatory to computed Tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the early identification of pulmonary embolism amid emergency room patients: a single-center retrospective observational study

Validity of using serum D-dimer titer in prefatory to computed Tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the early identification of pulmonary embolism amid emergency room patients: a single-center retrospective observational study

Background and aim Pulmonary embolism emerges when a thrombus forms in the veins or right heart and travels to the pulmonary arteries. The study aims to ascertain the robustness of D-dimer testing for PE compared with CTPA and identify the threshold values to support its use. Patients and methods Th...

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Main Authors: Sameh H. Seyam, Hassan Razein, Mohammed Abdelhamid Ali, Islam Elkousy, Shailender Singh, Ihab Gebaly, Rajini Ashok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-07-01
Series:Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal
Subjects:
ct pulmonary angiography (ctpa)
d-dimer
embolism
pulmonary
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/azmj.azmj_26_23
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