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The Role of D Dimer in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Dr. Shaw: Does D dimer have the test characteristics that would allow it to rule out a cerebral venous thrombosis? The short answer is we think so, but the literature isn't as mature as it is for DBT in venousThromboimulism elsewhere in the body. So if you are using a D dimer in that capacity, then you're operating outside of what the current literature would support from high quality evidence.