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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on August 22, 2007
European Heart Journal 2007 28(18):2179-2180; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm170
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2007. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

D-dimers in atrial fibrillation: a further step in risk stratification of thrombo-embolism?

Ariel Cohen1,2,*, Stéphane Ederhy1, Catherine Meuleman1, Emanuele Di Angelantonio1, Ghislaine Dufaitre1 and Franck Boccara1

1 Department of Cardiology, Saint-Antoine University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184, rue du faubourg St-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France and
2 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 1 49 28 28 86; fax: + 33 1 49 28 28 84. E-mail address: ariel.cohen@sat.aphp.fr

This editorial refers to ‘Prediction of left atrial appendage thrombi in non-valvular atrial fibrillation’ by S. Habara et al., on page 2217

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Plasma fibrin D-dimers (hereafter D-dimers) are generated when the endogenous fibrinolytic system degrades fibrin, as in venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) and they consist of two identical subunits derived from two fibrin molecules. Unlike fibrinogen degradation products, which are derived from fibrinogen and fibrin, D-dimers are a specific cross-linked fibrin derivative.1 Because 2–3% of plasma fibrinogen is degraded to fibrin, small amounts are detectable in the plasma of healthy individuals.1 D-dimer levels may be increased in any condition involving the formation and degradation of fibrin, such as VTE, pulmonary . . . [Full Text of this Article]

D-dimers in atrial fibrillation

Markers of thrombo-embolism in atrial fibrillation

D-dimers and transeosophageal echocardiography-detected risk markers in atrial fibrillation


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