Patent ID: 7306949

Claim:
A method for the diagnostic exclusion of the presence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in a patient at risk, comprising: (a) testing of a liquid sample from said patient with a reagent for the detection of D-dimer; (b) evaluating the test result: (i) if the D-dimer concentration is found to be equal to or above a predefined cut-off value, DVT is not excluded with said patient; (ii) if the D-dimer concentration is found to be below the said cut-off value, performing further testing according to (c): (c) testing of a liquid sample from said patient with a reagent for the detection of C-reactive protein (CRP); (d) evaluating the test result: if the CRP-concentration is found below a predefined cut-off value, DVT is excluded with said patient.