Association between Covid-19 and Pulmonary Embolism (AC-19-PE study).
Miró Ò, Llorens P, Aguirre A, Lozano L, Beaune S, Roussel M, Le Borgne P, Chouihed T, Freund Y; Spanish-French Emergency Department Investigative Team (SFEDIT).
Thromb Res. 2020 Dec;196:322-324. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.09.010. Epub 2020 Sep 10. PMID: 32977131
Abstract
- The frequency of PE in COVID patients attending Spanish and French ED is around 0.7%
- The risk of PE in patients coming to ED is more than 7-fold higher in COVID than in non-COVID population.
- However, once PE is suspected and CTPA is ordered, the rate of PE diagnosis is similar in COVID and non-COVID patients.