Clinical presentations and outcomes in pulmonary embolism patients with cancer

To study whether a diagnosis of cancer affects the clinical presentation and outcomes of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). A retrospective analysis was performed of all consecutive patients diagnosed with PE on a computed tomography scan from 2014 to 2016 at an urban tertiary-referral medical c...

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Published in:Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 2021-02, Vol.51 (2), p.430-436
Main Authors: Au, Cherry, Gupta, Ena, Khaing, Phue, Dibello, Joseph, Chengsupanimit, Todd, Mitchell, Edith P., West, Frances Mae, Baram, Michael, Awsare, Bharat K., Kane, Gregory C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body mass index
Cancer
Cardiology
Computed tomography
Diagnosis
Embolism
Hematology
Lung cancer
Malignancy
Medical diagnosis
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mortality
Patients
Pulmonary embolisms
Syncope
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Summary:To study whether a diagnosis of cancer affects the clinical presentation and outcomes of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). A retrospective analysis was performed of all consecutive patients diagnosed with PE on a computed tomography scan from 2014 to 2016 at an urban tertiary-referral medical center. Baseline characteristics, treatment decisions, and mortality data were compared between study subjects with and without a known diagnosis of active cancer. There were 581 subjects, of which 187 (33.0%) had a diagnosis of cancer. On average, cancer subjects tended to be older (64.8 vs. 58.5 years, p 
ISSN:0929-5305
1573-742X
DOI:10.1007/s11239-020-02298-y