Incidence of Mortality and Complications in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between the early hemodynamic consequences of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and short-term morbidity and mortality has long been recognized. The mortality incidence and other complications after high-risk (massive) PE, the most severe category of the disease, are summarized in this meta-analysis.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting on patients with massive PE indexed by PubMed and the Cochrane Library over a 10-year period (2010-2020) was conducted. Studies with adequate information to specify a cohort of patients with high-risk PE defined by the American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology criteria and their clinical outcomes were included. Incidences were calculated as weighted averages with 95% CI

SUBMITTER: Silver MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308857 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature