biostudies-literatureUnknown8Pang W<b>Aim:</b> To summarize the incidence of right heart catheter diagnosed chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) after acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in a meta-analysis. <b>Methods:</b> Cohort studies reporting the incidence of CTEPH after acute PE were identified <i>via</i> search of Medline, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and WanFang databases. <b>Results:</b> Twenty-two cohort studies with 5,834 acute PE patients were included. Pooled results showed that the overall incidence of CTEPH was 2.82% (95% CI: 2.11-3.53%). Subgroup analyses showed higher incidence of CTEPH in Asians than Europeans (5.08 vs. 1.96%, <i>p</i> = 0.01), in retrospective cohorts than prospective cohorts (4.75 vs. 2.47%, <i>p</i> = 0.02), and in studies with smaller sample size than thosFrontiers in medicine721294https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8575791biostudies-literatureHigher Incidence of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension After Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Asians Than in Europeans: A Meta-Analysis.PMC8575791Gao QXie WZhang ZZhang YTao XWan JZhang MZhai ZZhang SWang ZPang WZhen KfalseHigher Incidence of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension After Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Asians Than in Europeans: A Meta-Analysis.<b>Aim:</b> To summarize the incidence of right heart catheter diagnosed chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) after acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in a meta-analysis. <b>Methods:</b> Cohort studies reporting the incidence of CTEPH after acute PE were identified <i>via</i> search of Medline, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and WanFang databases. <b>Results:</b> Twenty-two cohort studies with 5,834 acute PE patients were included. Pooled results showed that the overall incidence of CTEPH was 2.82% (95% CI: 2.11-3.53%). Subgroup analyses showed higher incidence of CTEPH in Asians than Europeans (5.08 vs. 1.96%, <i>p</i> = 0.01), in retrospective cohorts than prospective cohorts (4.75 vs. 2.47%, <i>p</i> = 0.02), and in studies with smaller sample size than thos2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212025-04-19T01:08:17.817Z2022-02-11T12:45:24.797ZS-EPMC85757913476561510.3389/fmed.2021.721294