Appropriateness of Excluding Pulmonary Embolism

  1. Pierre-Marie Roy, MD, PhD; and
  2. Guy Meyer, MD
  1. From University Hospital of Angers, 49033 Angers Cedex 01, France.

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    We indeed considered the exclusion of PE on the basis of a negative ELISA d-dimer result appropriate even in patients with a high pretest probability; doing so was part of the recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology (1). …

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    1. Ann Intern Med July 18, 2006 vol. 145 no. 2 152
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