Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis. A ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) may not be the first thought for clinicians presented with a pregnant woman with leg swelling or sudden shortness of breath, but prompt evaluation for thromboembolism could be ...

Sponsored by: Diagnostica Stago, Inc. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common disease that affects as many as 900,000 Americans yearly with an estimated 60,000 - 100,000 Americans dying each year as ...

This retrospective study included DCM patients at first admission between October 2012 and May 2020 from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University. A total of 860 patients met the ...

—Can an age-adjusted cutoff level for D-dimer enable clinicians to safely rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in some adults? That was the question at the core of a multicenter, multinational, ...