Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
November 2009
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of five D-dimer assays for the exclusion of suspected venous thromboembolis (VTE).
Methods: The plasma D-dimer levels of 75 suspected VTE patients were tested with ELISA, VIDAS DD, DD Plus, Liatest STAGO DD, and NycoCard DD. The results of the five assays were compared with the gold standard of diagnosis of VTE.