Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcome

Spanish retrospective study identified 368 PE in 74,814 patients with COVID-19 attending A+E (~ 0.5%), the incidence of which is ~ninefold higher than in the general (non-COVID-19) population. It notes that mortality is higher in COVID-19 than in non-COVID-19 patients with PE.

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European Heart Journal