Contemporary Management and Clinical Course of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The COPE Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

 New diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment strategies became recently available for patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) leading to changes in clinical practice and potentially influencing short-term patients' outcomes.

Research question

 The COntemporary management of PE (COPE) study is aimed at assessing the contemporary clinical management and outcomes in patients with acute symptomatic PE.

Study design and methods

 Prospective, noninterventional, multicenter study. The co-primary study outcomes, in-hospital and 30-day death, were reported overall and by risk categories according to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and American Heart Association guidelines.

Results

 Among 5,213 study patients, PE was confirmed by computed to

SUBMITTER: Becattini C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10205399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature