• Blair Alden Parry, Anna Marie Chang, Sebastian M Schellong, Stacey L House, Gregory J Fermann, Erin K Deadmon, Nicholas J Giordano, Yuchiao Chang, Jason Cohen, Nancy Robak, Adam J Singer, Mary Mulrow, Ellen T Reibling, Samuel Francis, S Michelle Griffin, Jürgen H Prochaska, Barbara Davis, Patricia McNelis, Joao Delgado, Philipp Kümpers, Nikos Werner, Nina T Gentile, Eli Zeserson, Philipp S Wild, Alexander T Limkakeng, Elizabeth Lea Walters, Frank LoVecchio, Daniel Theodoro, Judd E Hollander, and Christopher Kabrhel.
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA, United States; Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Vascular Emergencies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
• Thromb. Res. 2018 Jun 1; 166: 63-70.

IntroductionWe sought to determine the test characteristics of an automated INNOVANCE D-dimer assay for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in emergency department (ED) patients using standard and age-adjusted cut-offs.MethodsCross-sectional, international, multicenter study of consecutive patients with suspected DVT or PE in 24 centers (18 USA, 6 Europe). Evaluated patients had low or intermediate Wells PE or DVT scores. For the standard cut-off, a D-dimer result <500 ng/ml was negative. For the age adjusted cut-off, we used the formula: Age (years) ∗ 10. The diagnostic standard was imaging demonstrating PE or DVT within 3 months. We calculated test characteristics using standard methods. We also explored modifications of the age adjustment multiplier.ResultsWe included 3837 patients and excluded 251. The mean age of patients evaluated for PE (n = 1834) was 48 ± 16 years, with 676 (37%) male, and 1081 (59%) white. The mean age of evaluated for DVT (n = 1752) was 53 ± 16 years, with 710 (41%) male, and 1172 (67%) white. D-dimer test characteristics for PE were: sensitivity 98.0%, specificity 55.4%, negative predictive value (NPV) 99.8%, positive predictive value (PPV) 11.4%, and for DVT were: sensitivity 92.0%, specificity 44.8%, NPV 98.8%, PPV 10.3%. Age adjustment increased specificity (59.6% [PE], 51.1% [DVT]), but increasing the age-adjustment multiplier decreased sensitivity without increasing specificity.ConclusionsINNOVANCE D-dimer is highly sensitive and can exclude PE and DVT in ED patients with low- and intermediate- pre-test probability. Age-adjustment increases specificity, without increasing false negatives.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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