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A Multicenter MRI Protocol for the Evaluation and Quantification of Deep Vein Thrombosis
Published on: June 2, 2015
[Clinical and analytic diagnostic evaluation of deep venous thrombosis of the lower limbs]
A J Trujillo-Santos1, M D García de Lucas, R Ríos-Tamayo
1Unidad de Medicina Interna, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga. trujillo@hcs.es
Background:
Diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) of lower limbs has changed in recent years. The objective of our study was to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of a combination of clinical and epidemiological data and the D-Dimer plasma levels in this entity.
Patients And Methods:
Clinical (symptoms and signs) and epidemiological data, personal and family history, and D-dimer plasma levels or positivity were reviewed, on the admittance, in 108 patients to whom a phlebography was performed due to a suspected DVT.
Results:
Phlebography was positive in 76 cases (70.37%). Logistic regression analysis determined a prediction model of the diagnostic of DVI including a combination of both D-dimer plasma levels or positivity and pain along the deep venous involved area.
Conclusion:
Combination of D-dimer testing and pain along the distribution of the deep venous area is useful as an initial diagnostic approach to the DVI of the lower limbs.
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