New blood test for D-DIMER
Blood clotting is an important stage in the hemostasis system, it is responsible for stopping bleeding in case of damage to the vascular system of the body. A set of interacting various factors of blood coagulation form a blood coagulation system.
D-dimer is a breakdown product of fibrin, a small protein fragment present in the blood after the destruction of a blood clot (fibrinolysis process). It is called a "dimer" because it contains two D-linking fragments of the fibrinogen protein. D-dimers are usually not present in human blood plasma, except in cases where clotting has been pathologically activated, for example, in the case of thrombosis or disseminated intravascular coagulation.
D-dimer testing is indicated for suspected deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary thromboebolism (PE), or disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome (DIC), and for monitoring anticoagulant therapy. A blood test for D-dimer is one of the standard markers of thrombus formation and is widely used to diagnose diseases associated with pathological thrombus formation.