D-dimer

- is breakdown product of fibrine polymer (D-D from building blocks D-E-D).
- used to exclude deep venous thrombosis (DVT).
- is not specific but has very high negative predictive value, meaning when it is not increased, we can be sure that it is not DVT.
- drawback is thus false positive, for example in pregnancy and infection.

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