d-Dimer Testing in Pregnancy: Clinically Useful, but at What Cost?

  1. Giuseppe Lippi, MD; and
  2. Martina Montagnana, MD
  1. From University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    We read with interest the recent article by Chan and colleagues (1), which showed that the SimpliRED assay may be useful in pregnancy because a normal result would help rule out deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and would occur frequently enough to be clinically helpful. This is a very provocative conclusion, in that d-dimer testing is indispensable in the diagnostic approach to DVT (2), but its use has yet …

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    1. Ann Intern Med March 18, 2008 vol. 148 no. 6 484
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