A Retrospective Analysis of Serum D-Dimer Levels for the Exclusion of Acute Aortic Dissection.

Tony Zitek Mani Hashemi Sara ZagrobaValori H Slane

Published in: Open access emergency medicine : OAEM (2022)

Serum d-dimer values are higher in patients with AAD than in those with nonspecific chest pain. At the standard cutoff of 500 ng/mL, the serum d-dimer has a high sensitivity for AAD, but not high enough that d-dimer levels alone can be used in isolation to exclude AAD.

Keyphrases

aortic dissection
intensive care unit
hepatitis b virus
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation