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What is the incidence of recurrent pulmonary embolism, fatal bleeding, and mortality in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism over 6 months?
What is the incidence of recurrent pulmonary embolism, fatal bleeding, and mortality in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism over 6 months?
In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, recurrent PE and fatal bleeding are relatively rare (2.5% and 1% respectively), with most mortality driven by underlying illnesses rather than the PE itself.
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These low rates may inform prognosis in suspected PE; leaves open optimal management strategies pending randomized trials.
Edwin JR van Beek (1997) studied this question.
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