biostudies-literatureUnknown14(4)Mehdizadeh KOur prospective study investigates the 3-year trajectory of disease-specific quality of life (QoL) using the PEmb-QoL questionnaire, functional performance via 6-min walk tests, and the 5-year survival following acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and explores their association with patient demographics and clinical characteristics. We highlight that PE-specific QoL improves over time despite no significant changes in cardiopulmonary performance.Pulmonary circulatione70012https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11560799biostudies-literature3-year quality of life, functional performance, and long-term survival after acute pulmonary embolism; A prospective study.PMC11560799Mohebbi BFarrashi MPouraliakbar HRBarco SKalantari SNaghshbandi MMoosavi JBakhshandeh HKaviani RMehdizadeh KKlok FAFarmani DMohammadi MSadeghipour Pfalse3-year quality of life, functional performance, and long-term survival after acute pulmonary embolism; A prospective study.Our prospective study investigates the 3-year trajectory of disease-specific quality of life (QoL) using the PEmb-QoL questionnaire, functional performance via 6-min walk tests, and the 5-year survival following acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and explores their association with patient demographics and clinical characteristics. We highlight that PE-specific QoL improves over time despite no significant changes in cardiopulmonary performance.2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Oct2025-04-04T14:44:01.437Z2025-04-04T14:44:01.437ZS-EPMC115607993954419510.1002/pul2.70012