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What Causes Elevated D-dimer Levels In Blood Test?
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Hello, my wife got a call today after some blood work ws done & they said her d-dimer rate was very high. Do you know what this means? They didn't explain any of it to her.
Hello, my wife got a call today after some blood work ws done & they said her d-dimer rate was very high. Do you know what this means? They didn't explain any of it to her.
Fri, 14 Nov 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
D-Dimer is a component which is increased in cases of thrombosis.
Its level is determined to follow up a thrombotic diseases.
Increase in level pf d-dimer implies that the patient has high possibility to undergo thrombosis.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
D-Dimer is a component which is increased in cases of thrombosis.
Its level is determined to follow up a thrombotic diseases.
Increase in level pf d-dimer implies that the patient has high possibility to undergo thrombosis.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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