Why the study?
What is the long-term prognosis of patients who survive an acute pulmonary embolism?
Population
60 consecutive patients who survived an episode of acute pulmonary embolism documented by pulmonary…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 to 7 years (average 29 months)
Authors
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Highlights need for cardiac evaluation in acute pulmonary embolism survivors; leaves open whether optimizing prior heart failure improves outcomes.
What is the long-term prognosis of patients who survive an acute pulmonary embolism?
Long-term survival after acute pulmonary embolism is highly dependent on the presence or absence of prior heart disease, with most survivors showing resolution of the embolism.
Paraskos et al. (1973) studied this question.
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