D-Dimer Predicts Disease Severity but Not Long-Term Prognosis in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

D-dimer might be correlated with prognosis in pulmonary embolism (PE). The predictive value of plasma D-dimer for disease severity and survival was investigated in the lowest and highest D-dimer quartile among 200 patients with PE. Patients with high D-dimers were significantly more often hypotensiv...

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Main Authors: Fabian Geissenberger, Florian Schwarz MD, Michael Probst MD, Sabine Haberl PhD, Stefanie Gruetzner MD, Thomas Kroencke MD, Wolfgang von Scheidt MD, Thomas M. Berghaus MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-07-01
Series:Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029619863495