Plasma fibrin D-dimer and the risk of left atrial thrombus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Plasma fibrin d-dimer has been taken as a marker for thrombus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between d-dimer (DD) levels and left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (SEC)/left atrial thrombus (LAT). METHODS:We identified clinical studies by systematic search of MEDL...

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Main Authors: Huaibin Wan, Shuang Wu, Yanmin Yang, Jun Zhu, Aidong Zhang, Yan Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5313133?pdf=render