Improving Long-term Outcomes Following Acute Pulmonary Embolism ā MM1701
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) can result in complications many years after the initial event. An understanding of the long-term outcomes in patients following a PE is important to improve their management. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension should be considered in patients with previous PE or VTE who present with ongoing or unexplained dyspnoea, exercise intolerance, atypical chest pain, syncope or peripheral oedema. There is increasing evidence of persistent functional and right ventricular impairment among long-term survivors of submassive PE. Patients who have had a PE have been found to have a threefold increase in 30-year mortality compared with controls, even after adjustment for comorbidities.
Modern Medicine ā January 2017
