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Short-term outcome of patients with history of significant coronary artery disease following acute pulmonary embolism

Published:May 27, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.05.015
Short-term outcome of patients with history of significant coronary artery disease following acute pulmonary embolism
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      Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death after myocardial infarction and stroke [
      • Goldhaber S.Z.
      • Bounameaux H.
      Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis.
      Lancet. 2012; 379: 1835-1846
      ]. As already described, patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a higher prevalence of PE [
      • Sørensen H.T.
      • Horvath-Puho E.
      • Lash T.L.
      • Christiansen C.F.
      • Pesavento R.
      • Pedersen L.
      • et al.
      Heart disease may be a risk factor for pulmonary embolism without peripheral deep venous thrombosis.
      Circulation. 2011; 124: 1435-1441
      ,
      • Prandoni P.
      • Pesavento R.
      • Sørensen H.T.
      • Gennaro N.
      • Dalla Valle F.
      • Minotto I.
      • et al.
      Prevalence of heart diseases in patients with pulmonary embolism with and without peripheral venous thrombosis: findings from a cross-sectional survey.
      Eur J Intern Med. 2009; 20: 470-473
      ]. However, limited data regard the short-term survival of subjects with history of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) after acute PE is available. For this reason, we sought to evaluate the prevalence and the impact of significant CAD on an 8-month mortality after acute PE.

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      Publication history

      Published online: May 27, 2016
      Accepted: May 13, 2016
      Received: May 11, 2016

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.05.015

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      © 2016 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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