Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 526-532 , September 2007

Uses of different D-dimer levels can reduce the need for venous duplex scanning to rule out deep vein thrombosis in patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism

Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, San Diego, Calif, Feb 14-17, 2007.

Received 21 February 2007 ,Accepted 4 May 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00943-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.05.026

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 526-532 , September 2007

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