The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Oct 2018
Correlation of D-Dimer Level with the Presence and Severity of Pulmonary Embolism on Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography.
Early diagnosis of pulmonary embolism can reduce morbidity and motility. D-dimer is well known parameter having high negative prediction value. This study focused on role of D-dimer in early prediction of presence and severity of pulmonary embolism. ⋯ D-dimer value more than 4000 ng/ml had high positive prediction value (79%) in suspected clinical cases. Value more than 8000 ng/ml further improve value to nearly 100% in suspected cases.