2018/06/01 by Meredith L. Turetz, Andrew Sideris, Oren Friedman +2 · 1 citation
Medicine · #Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management #Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms #Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes #Medicine #Pulmonary embolism #Natural history #Thrombus #Pathophysiology #Epidemiology #Disease #Cardiology #Intensive care medicine #Internal medicine
paper · pdf · doi:10.1055/s-0038-1642036
openalex publication_date 2018/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially deadly form of venous thromboembolic disease. It is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death and is associated with multiple inherited and acquired risk factors as well as advanced age. The prognosis from PE depends on the degree of obstruction and hemodynamic effects of PE and understanding the pathophysiology helps in risk-stratifying patients and determining treatment. Though the natural history of thrombus is resolution, a subset of patients have chronic residual thrombus, contributing to the post-PE syndrome.